Tube Voice
What you need
- a kitchen-roll tube
- a shorter cardboard tube
How to do it
- Hold the kitchen-roll tube up to your mouth and say 'hello' through it.
- Let them try, then say it without the tube. Does it sound different?
- Try a shorter cardboard tube too.
- Take turns: one talks through the tube while the other holds the far end near their ear.
Why it matters
Their own voice coming out of a tube sounds strange and new, and that makes them want to listen to it.
What they're learning
- Listening
- Hearing how a tube changes a voice takes careful ears.
- Comparing sounds
- Long tube, short tube and no tube each sound a bit different.
- Taking turns
- Talker and listener swap, so each gets a go at both.
What to look for
Notice them moving the tube away and back to their mouth to hear the change.
A tip
Talk into the tube rather than shouting, and keep the far end away from ears.
Make it easier or harder
Easier: just hum or roar down the tube and listen
Harder: whisper a word through the tube and see if they can tell you what it was
