Saturday 19 September 2015

Friday Art - the Sounds We Can make with a Piece of Paper

This Friday, children in Water group were given a piece of construction paper for art time.
"What sounds can we make with a piece of paper?" the children were asked.
The children seemed a bit puzzled.
"How can we make sounds out of this piece of paper?" I asked the children.

"Wiggle it!" said one child.
The children took turn to listen to the sound of wiggling a piece of paper.
"We can fan it," said another child.
Again, we tried the sound of fanning a piece of paper.
What else can we do to make sounds?
Here were the ideas that Water group had:

  • wiggling
  • fanning
  • scratching
  • stepping
  • patting
  • scrunching
  • ripping/tearing
Then, the children used the paper, we made sound out of, to create a collage.


The children paid attention to listen to each of the simple sounds. As well, the children had the chance to manipulate and to experiment the daily art media we use everyday. The lines and wrinkles that we had from scratching and scrunching the paper gave a great touch on the children's artwork.