Explore the production of sound through multiple activities! Make your own instrument, experiment with tuning forks, learn about the vibration of sound, and more in this kit!
This kit includes:
Activity Binder
- Librarian Instructions
- Inventory List
- Booklist/Introduction
- Who Do You Hear?
- Strumming Along
- In Tune
- Chiming Silverware and Hangers
- Consumable and Restocking List
- SHHHHH! Listen Carefully Supplement
- What are the Characteristics of Sound Waves?
- How Fast Does Sound Travel?
- Sound Facts
- Encyclopedia- Sound
- What is Sound?
- Parent surveys
- 4 laminated activity sheets
Books
- Clink Clank by Kelly Doudna
- The Country Noisy Book by Margaret Wise Brown
- The Listening Walk by Paul Showers
- Night Noises by Mem Fox
- Oscar and the Bat: A Book About Sound by Geoff Waring
- Polar Bear, Polar Bear, What do You Hear? by Bill Martin Jr.
- Sound: Loud, Soft, High, and Low by Natalie M. Rosinsky
- Sounds All Around by Wendy Pfeffer
- Squeak, Rumble, Whomp, Whomp, Whomp! by Wynton Marsalis
- Too Much Noise by Ann McGovern
Who Do You Hear
- Tin can telephones
- Plastic cup telephones
Strumming Along
- Plastic bowls
- Plastic cups of various sizes
- Small plastic containers
In Tune
- Tuning forks
- Blocks of wood
- Rubber mallets
- Index cards (blank)
- Plastic ziptop bags
Chiming Silverware and Hangers
- Hangers
- Silverware
To Be Provided by Borrowing Library*
- Balloons
- Salt
- Nylon string
- Rubber bands
*Some of these materials are provided in the kit but may be recommended to purchase as they will not be restocked by NMSL in the future.
Please see the attached user manual for larger images, manuals, and inventory.
Each trunk contains an activity binder as well as activity materials. Some materials will be up to you to provide but most of the materials have been included; please read through the activity binder and user guide to determine which materials you’ll need to provide.
Also included in the activity binder is a complete inventory of the activity trunk.
Please verify inventory is correct when you return the trunk and sign and date the inventory. If any materials are missing, please notify us as soon as possible, and make note of it on the inventory.
There are also parent/caregiver surveys we would like you to provide after each program using the trunk. Please make additional copies as needed.
Your completed inventory and any completed surveys should be placed inside the trunk and returned with the trunk to the New Mexico State Library.