MUSIC: 鈥楲ISTEN ALL AROUND鈥 SONG
PRESENTER: Listen carefully to these three sounds. Can you say which is the odd one out?
FX: DOG 1 / HORSE / DOG 2
PRESENTER: Which sound is the odd one out?
CHILDREN: he horse is the odd one out! / Because the other two are both dogs!
PRESENTER: Listen carefully again. Can you say which of these three sounds is the odd one out?
FX: DOG BARKS / TRAIN PASSES / CAT MIAOWS
PRESENTER: Which sound is the odd one out?
CHILDREN: The train! / The cat and the dog are both animals!
PRESENTER: Listen carefully to these three sounds. Can you say which is the odd one out?
FX: SEAGULLS / MILK BOTTLES / SEASIDE WAVES
PRESENTER: Which sound is the odd one out?
CHILDREN: The bottles! / Because the others are seaside sounds!
PRESENTER: Listen carefully again. Which of these three sounds is the odd one out?
FX: CAR / TRAIN / SOMEONE HAMMERING
PRESENTER: Which sound is the odd one out?CHILDREN: The hammering! / Because you can take a ride in a car and a train!
PRESENTER: Listen carefully again. Which of these three sounds is the odd one out?
FX: WHISTLE 1 / DRUM ROLL / WHISTLE 2
PRESENTER: Which sound is the odd one out?
CHILDREN: The drum! / The other two are both whistles!
PRESENTER: We鈥檒l have one more go. Listen carefully. Which of these three sounds is the odd one out?
FX: WIND / THUNDER / BABY LAUGHING
PRESENTER: Which sound is the odd one out?
CHILDREN: The baby laughing! / Because the others are weather sounds!
MUSIC: LINK
PRESENTER: Listen everyone. Listen to my dog Charlie barking!
FX: DOG BARKING
PRESENTER: He鈥檚 easy to hear! Listen now as Charlie gets quieter鈥nd quieter鈥
FX: SOUND OF DOG FADES
PRESENTER: Now we鈥檙e going to listen very carefully for Charlie, because he won鈥檛 be easy to hear鈥
FX: COUNTRYSIDE
PRESENTER: We鈥檙e in the countryside. Can you hear Charlie? Put your hand up when you can hear Charlie鈥
FX: COUNTRYSIDE CONTINUES. THEN DOG FAINTLY. THEN GETTING LOUDER
PRESENTER: It鈥檚 Charlie! Let鈥檚 try that again.
FX: TOWN
PRESENTER: Now we鈥檙e in the town. Can you hear Charlie? Put your hand up when you can hear Charlie鈥
FX: TOWNSCAPE CONTINUES. THEN DOG FAINTLY. THEN GETTING LOUDER
PRESENTER: It鈥檚 Charlie!
FX: PEOPLE. CHAT. CUTLERY ETC.
PRESENTER: Now we鈥檙e outside at a big picnic party. Can you hear Charlie? Put up your hand when you can hear Charlie鈥
FX: CONTINUE. THEN DOG. THEN GETTING LOUDER.
PRESENTER: It鈥檚 Charlie!
FX: FARM ANIMALS
PRESENTER: Now we鈥檙e on a farm and the farmer is ploughing the fields. This time listen carefully for one baby lamb. Can you hear it yet? Put up your hand when you can hear the baby lamb鈥
FX: FX CONTINUE. THEN BABY LAMB, QUIET AT FIRST THEN LOUDER
PRESENTER: Can you hear it now 鈥 one baby lamb!
MUSIC: LINK
PRESENTER: This time we鈥檙e going to do some counting. Listen carefully. How many different birds can you hear?
FX: CROW, SPARROW, SEAGULL
PRESENTER: How many different birds did you hear? Listen again.
FX: REPEAT WITH CHILDREN COUNTING
PRESENTER: A crow鈥 sparrow鈥nd a seagull. There were three different birds. This time 鈥 how many different animals can you hear?
FX: DOG, HORSE, CAT, SEAGULL
PRESENTER: How many animals did you hear? Listen again鈥
FX: REPEAT WITH CHILDREN COUNTING
PRESENTER: A dog鈥 horse鈥 cat鈥 seagull. There were four animals! Let鈥檚 do that again. This time, how many different ways of travelling can you hear?
FX: CAR, WALKING, TRAIN, BICYCLE, PLANE.
PRESENTER: How many different ways of travelling did you hear? Listen again鈥
FX: REPEATS WITH CHILDREN COUNTING
PRESENTER: A car鈥ootsteps walking鈥 train鈥 bicycle鈥 plane鈥 There were five different ways of travelling. This time we鈥檙e going on a quick journey. But how many different places are we going to? Try and count them.
FX: SEASIDE / SUPERMARKET / ANIMALS IN ZOO / SCHOOL CLASSROOM / RAINFOREST
PRESENTER: How many places did you hear? Listen again鈥
FX: REPEAT WITH CHILDREN COUNTING
PRESENTER: A beach鈥 supermarket鈥 zoo鈥 classroom鈥 forest. There were five different places on our journey. So many different sounds around!
MUSIC: 鈥楲ISTEN ALL AROUND鈥 SONG
Have fun identifying sounds and playing listening games, including which sound is the odd one out? See the Teachers' Notes below for more information and guidance on how to use the content.
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