Do you remember movies showing all those old-fashioned boarding schools where kids learn Latin, sitting at desks and repeating declensions after the teacher who’s strolling between them?
Let’s try another approach.
Children love talking. Use it!
The youngest ones learn language by ‘overhearing’ adults and through interaction. They repeat words just heard and learned, create their own, imitate voices and sounds, and learn to identify sounds around them. And they’re passionate about it. You can use this interest in words by using sound-based learning in daily activities with children.
Below, we present three sound-based learning approaches You can easily adapt them to different age groups and learning styles. [1]
Which one will you choose for your group?
And you know what? No one said you have to use those approaches separately! Feel free to mix them in one activity. You can easily do this by using, for example, soundscapes. What are they? Go to the next lesson and discover what they are!
Key outcomes
- Sound-based learning supports literacy development
- Children learn through listening and interaction
- Sound activities encourage multisensory learning
Resources
Footnotes
- [1] We follow the approaches classification after the Education Endowment Foundation. The website provides short, demonstrative videos in English showing each method in ‘action’, accessed on 7 May 2026.
Bibliography
- Education Endowment Foundation, ‘Early Literacy’, Early Years Evidence Store, accessed 7 May 2026.
