ABSTRACT
This practical and comprehensive manual, for professionals working with pre-school children or the older special-needs child, offers more than 200 activities in a format designed to be photocopied for use in the classroom or for carers. It covers the basic auditory skills needed before meaning can be attached to sound. It deals with more advanced abilities including sound recognition and auditory sequencing. It includes materials on auditory detection, discrimination, recognition, sequencing and memory. It describes listening projects and topics for the curriculum. It includes activity sheets for parents.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
section 1|10 pages
Discovering Sound
section 2|11 pages
Exploring Soundmakers
section 3|24 pages
Sound or Silence
section 4|13 pages
Simple Discrimination
section 5|33 pages
Sound Recognition
section 6|33 pages
Finding Sound
section 7|17 pages
Fine Discrimination
section 8|28 pages
Rhythm & Sequencing
section 9|8 pages
Auditory Memory
section 10|44 pages
Listening to Speech
section 11|10 pages
Listening Skills in the School Curriculum
section 12|7 pages
Holiday Projects
section 13|6 pages
Listening Resources
section 14|15 pages
Everyday Sounds & Soundmakers
