Teaching animals sounds

anna&jl2011 · July 2013

Just wondering what methods everyone uses to teach there LO animals sounds.

Thanks!

MNgirl326 · July 2013

Reading books - pointing out animals, saying their name and their sound

Playing with animals- same thing, saying its name and its sound

When he got older, I would ask him to point to certain animals in books and then ask him what sound it makes- "can you find the pig? Yay! What sound does the pig make?

Basically a lot of modeling and imitating.

harmonicbabe26 · July 2013

I made the sound every time I said the animal's name. And actually now she uses the sound insead of the name most of the time. As in, she'll say quack quack instead of duck and woof woof instead of dog. But she does say kitty and some other animal names. I guess some are easier and some others harder to say.

lageorgiapaperie · July 2013

I haven't made a big push for animal sounds. DS picked up "meow" from playing with his B Toys Meowsic keyboard, haha.

He always points out doggies on the TV or out the window so I have recently started telling him they say "woof" but he hasn't picked up on it yet.

shannm · July 2013

theresat858:
I'm not.I honestly do not think this is an important life skill or "milestone" as it is stated on some questionnaires.nbsp; I'm sure she'll pick something up at daycare.nbsp; But really... when was the last time in your professional or personal life that knowing a pig goes 'oink' actually helped you in any way?

I don't think anyone would argue that it is an important life skill but rather a way to teach LOs about imitating and making different sounds. I know for DD, it is fun to play the "what does the xxxx say?" I think it helps her try out new sounds in a way that she enjoys. If other Los like to do that in other ways that is cool too.

To the OP, we just point out the animal in a book, at the zoo, during our walks, and talk about "what it says." But there is no pressure. If she didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't bother.

MNgirl326 · July 2013

shannm:
theresat858:
I'm not.I honestly do not think this is an important life skill or "milestone" as it is stated on some questionnaires.nbsp; I'm sure she'll pick something up at daycare.nbsp; But really... when was the last time in your professional or personal life that knowing a pig goes 'oink' actually helped you in any way?
I don't think anyone would argue that it is an important life skill but rather a way to teach LOs about imitating and making different sounds. I know for DD, it is fun to play the "what does the xxxx say?" I think it helps her try out new sounds in a way that she enjoys. If other Los like to do that in other ways that is cool too. To the OP, we just point out the animal in a book, at the zoo, during our walks, and talk about "what it says." But there is no pressure. If she didn't enjoy it, I wouldn't bother.

This- its not the animal sounds that are the important life skill, its teaching imitating, conversation, listening, to a young child. Animals and their sounds are just a fun way to do it. No there is not a life test on it or anything, its just a fun activity to do.

ChelsiAnn13 · July 2013

Just imitation. We would work on it during diaper changes, it doubled as a great distraction. "What does a cow say?" "Moooo!" When she would get it right we would all cheer. She caught on very fast. Also books. We would see an animal in on of her books and I would ask her what kind of animal it was and/or what sound it made.

Netty_3 · July 2013

Everytime I read a book with animals...since the beginning I would make the animal sounds of any animal on a page. I also made some barn animal finger puppets...plus we have animal ABC app on our phones (it was free, and some of the animals are terrible (dragon and unicorn)) but we make the animal noises for the animals on the app after they anme them too. I also ask him how does such and such animal go after we've done it a few times, and he'll make the sounds with. Old MacDonald and other animal songs help too.

blu-eyedwife · July 2013

We started with a book of animals he used to love. He'd read it with us multiple times a day and we'd point to the animals, identify them, and say the sound they made.

But it really all came together on a car trip where he started identifying animals we saw out of the window, at the zoo, and statutes at restaurants.

LoveCarbs · July 2013

theresat858:
I'm not.I honestly do not think this is an important life skill or "milestone" as it is stated on some questionnaires.nbsp; I'm sure she'll pick something up at daycare.nbsp; But really... when was the last time in your professional or personal life that knowing a pig goes 'oink' actually helped you in any way?

I'm oinking at your attitude right now.

OP, singing and reading taught them to imitate the sounds.

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