Encourage them to join in making the sounds illustrated in the book. Have children copy the same sound with their voices. Blindfold one child and have another make a sound with one of the objects or his voice. The blindfolded child must guess which object made the sound. Make sound cans with marbles, beans, rice, and erasers.
Children match cans with identical sounds.
Record familiar sounds on tape such as a telephone ringing or a door slamming. Children choose from assorted pictures to find the one that goes with the recorded sound. Help children assemble buzzing, bumble bee mobiles made with tinted yellow cotton balls and black pipe cleaners. Read The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle. Make a book with drawings and dictation about quiet and noisy things.