Animal Story
Materials:
Storybook
Step 1: Find one of your child's favorite storybooks that features animal characters (preferably a large variety of animals)
Step 2: Read the book once through to re-familiarized yourself and your child with the story
Step 3: The second time through, whenever an animal character appears, ask your child what sound they make. Don't be afraid to help them to make it if they are stumped!
Magic Elevator
Materials:
An open space
2 chairs
Your body
Your Imagination
Paper(optional)
Markers/ crayons/ pencils/ etc. (optional)
Step 1: Clear an open space, set up your magic elevator at the edge of it using 2 chairs, and assign an environment to floors 1-5, or as many as you like. ex: Under the sea, jungle, forrest, etc.
Step 1.5: Here you may choose to make an elevator sign so that your child knows which environment they are going to. Or feel free to leave it a surprise! Your child can also help you decorate too
Step 2: Step into your elevator, making the appropriate sound effects of course, and ask your child to select a number floor to travel to
Step 3: When you arrive at your selected floor, you and your become the animals found in each environments. And don't forget about animal sound effects
Step 4: Repeat steps 2 and 3 with as many floors/ environments as desired
*Post any pictures you take of you and your little one to our Facebook Page, with the hashtag #spellboundanimalsounds