About
Description: Rowan's Sounds offers a variety of soundboards, each representing a unique environment containing multiple sounds. Clients can manipulate these sounds by adjusting volume, pitch, and tempo to enhance sensory exploration. Each soundboard contains multiple sounds, allowing children to immerse themselves in rich auditory landscapes. By exploring and interacting with these diverse sounds, Rowan's Sounds helps children develop their listening skills, improve focus, and foster creativity. This engaging and enjoyable game can be used to calm, stimulate, or simply entertain
Ages: 4-8
Themes: Sensory exploration, Expressive art, Imaginative play, Mindfulness, Self-awareness
Using Rowan's Sounds in Session
Explain the purpose of Rowan's Sounds to the child, emphasizing that it is a fun way to explore different sounds and environments.
Selecting a Soundboard
Allow the child to choose from the various soundboards available: beach, rainforest, space, or city. Encourage them to pick the one that interests them the most.
Exploring Sounds
Guide the child through the selected soundboard, encouraging them to explore the multiple sounds and features available.
Sounds: The left-hand menu contains short theme-related sounds. The client can preview by clicking on the icon.
Mixer: Each icon can be dragged and dropped into an empty circle on the mixer. As the play line moves past, it will play that sound. To remove an icon, click on the circle and press the "x" button that appears. The same sound can be placed in multiple spaces.
Pitch: The pitch of each icon can be adjusted by sliding the mixer up and down.
Tempo: Clients can adjust tempo by clicking on the tempo dial. The higher the number, the quicker the loop plays.
Tracks: The tracks at the bottom are theme-related and can play in the background as the different icons are playing. Multiple tracks can be played at the same time.
Volume: Volume controls the overall sound of the soundboard.
Play/Pause: This plays or pauses the loop.
Discussion Questions
1. Which environment soundboard (beach, rainforest, space, city) are you most excited to explore? Why?
2. Have you ever been to a beach, rainforest, or city? What did it sound like?
3. What kind of sounds do you find calming or relaxing?
4. What sounds are you hearing right now? Can you describe them?
5. Which sound do you like the most on this soundboard? Are there any sounds that you don't like?
6. How does this particular sound make you feel? Calm, excited, curious?
7. Can you imagine being in this environment? What do you see and feel besides the sounds?
8. Which environment did you enjoy the most? What did you like about it?
9. How do you feel now after exploring these sounds? Did any of the sounds change how you felt?
10. How could you use sounds to help you when you feel angry, sad, worried, or happy?
Related Resources
In the Hopscotch Play Print section, you will find a PDF titled My Favorite Songs. This is a worksheet designed to help clients explore the different songs and sounds they use to help cope with feelings of anger, sadness, fear, and anxiety.