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Dharmapuri school conducted the 'Sounds around us'
activity in order to make the students listen and
pay attention to the day-to-day sounds that happen
around us. Activities were planned to inclue lessons
on awarenss, identification, hygiene, animals and
more.

Rohini, teacher for grade two, section B, kicked off
the theme by showing videos of market place, factory,
street vegetable market, roadside restaurant etc.
After the screening she asked students to name the
sounds they had heard. Kids could identify sound of
vehicles, machines, human interactions at the 
vegetable market.

To bring more awareness about sounds around us, she
planned to enact scenes of market and railway 
station. Students were asked to get fruits, vegetable,
toys to bring authenticity in the scene.

Market and railway station scene were recreated using
the props brought by the students. In the marketplace
scene, students played the role of vegetable vendors
 flower vendors, fruits vendors while they arranged
themselves as toy vendor, newspaper vendor and
passengers in the railway station scene. Students, 
who were playing vendors, tried selling by calling 
out "Please come to my shop, fruits and vegetables 
are very fresh, come and buy in my shop."

Few students formed a train which imitated by 
creating the sound 'tadak tadak'. The students playing
passengers were asked to buy from the toy vendor and
paper sellers, normally seen on the platforms.

After finishing with the enactment of these scene,
Rohini discussed about the sounds which they heard
in these places.

Students were also taken to the wash area where a
tap was opened to fill a bucket with water. Rohini
explained about the sounds heard while washing
utensils, filling the bucket etc. They were also 
taken to the school bus to hear the sound of horn
and gear changing.

Students also made sounds of animals they were
assigned!

"I planned this activity to make my students to 
know the sounds in and around them. I involved the
students as buyer and seller so that they can knew
the sounds in that places. Then I asked the students
to give the animal's sound to make this activity 
very interesting, while making the sounds they 
connected with the LCD story that they learnt in the
class. By doing all these activities they came to
know the sounds in around our surroundings. They 
eagerly participated & enjoyed very much." 
 - Rohini, 2nd grade B section teacher.
        
"I heard many sounds around me & I came to know that
there are more sounds in the market place, in the
railway station, in the factory, in the road side
stalls, and in all types of shops. I liked and I 
enjoyed this activity."
- Vishnuvardhan, 2nd grade
        
"Whatever work we are doing like reading, writing,
talking, playing, washing and cleaning we get some
sounds. After doing this activity only I came to know
that if we do any work we  will get  sounds." 
- Mansie, 2nd grade
       
"I liked and enjoyed this activity. After doing this
activity, I am observing all the things that makes
sound., While riding the vehicle, while cooking and 
while washing the vessels." - Sanjay, 2nd grade

"I like this activity very much. I heard many sounds 
in and around me. By doing this activity I learnt the
sounds of the animals and their name."
- Kaviyasri, 2nd grade

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