Learning outcomes
Tamariki take part in a sensory experience and connect with nature.
Tamariki take part in a sensory experience and connect with nature.
This activity provides a neat opportunity for tamariki to tune into the nature that surrounds them, and build their mindfulness skills.
Share with your tamariki that this will involve some careful listening - encourage them to only focus on what they can hear.. Let them know that they might like to close their eyes and try to keep their hands and bodies still.
Tamariki will need:
Ask tamariki to head outside and sit somewhere they can be comfy. Ask them to add to an X in the middle of their paper and let them know that the X represents (or is) them.
Encourage tamariki to sit or lie quietly and listen to all of the sounds they can hear around them. They can try closing their eyes if they'd like.
Ask them to map the sounds they can hear around them onto their paper - What can they hear in front? Behind? To the sides and even above?
Tamariki can use words/drawings/symbols/shapes to represent and describe the sounds.
See if tamariki can try this again in a different location. What can you hear now? Do the sounds around you change depending on where you are and how carefully you are listening?
Tamariki might choose to use their paper to create a piece of art, or a Sensory Poem.
We love the Department of Conservation and their movement to #teachoutsideNZ They have created some beautiful resources that support learning outside and tuning into our surroundings. We think that these Conservation Week activities are awesome and love that they've allowed us celebrate their ideas on Sparklers!
