Map the Sounds of the Forest
Sit still, listen in every direction and mark each sound on a map scratched into the ground, with yourself in the middle. Your child discovers that the forest is far louder than it seemed.
What you need
- A stick
- A patch of bare ground, sand or snow
- A stone or a stump to sit on
How to play
- Find a spot where you can both sit down next to a patch of bare ground.
- Scratch a cross into the ground with the stick — that is the middle of the map, which is you.
- Sit still for three minutes without talking and listen in every direction.
- Mark each sound on the side it came from: a wave for wind, a dot for a bird, a dash for a car.
- Compare your maps and count how many sounds each of you caught.
- Walk twenty steps away, draw a second map and check which sounds disappeared.
