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{{Infobox Lesson
| Name          = Sound Cylinders
| Topic         = Sensorial
| Subtopic      = Auditory Sense
| image         = [[File:Sound Cylinders matching 5.JPG|320 px]]
| Level         = [[Primary]]
| Age           = 3 +
| Preqs         = [[Silence Game]]
| Materials     = 
}}
Also called Sound Boxes.<br>
This activity teaches the child...
== Presentations ==
=== Matching ===
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# step two
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# step three
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# step four
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# step five
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# step six
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=== Grading ===
# Take one of the boxes of cylinders to a mat.  Place it in the center of the mat and place the lid to the right of the box.
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# Remove one cylinder and listen to it.  Place it at the bottom center of the mat.  Remove another cylinder and listen to it.
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# Place the louder of the two at the bottom center of the mat, place the softer of the two on the lid.
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# Listen again to the cylinder at the bottom center of the mat.  Remove another cylinder from the box and compare as before.  Repeat until all of the cylinders have been compared and the loudest of them has been determined.
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# Place the loudest cylinder at the top left corner of the mat.
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# Move the rest of the cylinders from the lid back into the box.
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# Select another cylinder from the box and compare with the others in the box as before until the next loudest cylinder is found. Place the next loudest cylinder to the right of the loudest.
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# Repeat this process until all of the cylinders have been placed in order from loudest to softest in the top left corner of the mat.  Shake them each in order to check the work.
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# Return the cylinders to the box in random order and take the box back to the shelf.

== Points of Interest ==

== Control of Error ==

== Variations and Extensions ==
* An optional material to include before the Sound Cylinders is the Sound/No-Sound material.  Collect some small identical containers and fill half of them with materials that will create a sound when the containers are shaken.  Have the child sort these by those that have a sound and those that do not.

== Material ==
===Make Your Own===
*These were made from paper mache boxes purchased from a craft store.
*:[[File:Maybe Montessori soundcylinders.jpg|290px]]
*: Source: [http://maybemontessori.blogspot.com/2009/05/diy-sound-cylinders.html Maybe Montessori]
*Sound cylinders could also be made using [http://www.amazon.com/Ms-Chocolate-Minis-1-08-Ounce-Tubes/dp/B003N7T55I candy tubes].

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== Further Reading ==
*[[Teaching Montessori in the Home: The Pre-School Years]] by Elizabeth G. Hainstock, page 60, 93