Ages 4+ · Life Skills · Friends and kindness
Using a quiet voice
📚library👶sleeping baby🌙bedtime🛝playground
The best voice for the place.The big ideaWe use a soft inside voice in quiet places and a big voice outside.
How it works
A voice is like a dial. It turns from tiny, to middle, to big.
A tiny voice is for libraries and for sleeping babies. A big voice is for playing outside.
A good friend picks the best voice for the place.
Example 1: The library
- Stop at the door and breathe in.
- Whisper hello to a friend.
- Others are reading, so we use a quiet voice.
Example 2: A sleeping baby
- Dot's baby sister is fast asleep.
- Kit tiptoes in and talks in a tiny whisper.
- Sleeping babies need quiet, because sleep helps them grow.
👶baby sleeps🤫tiny whisper🙂everyone smiles
Shh.Example 3: Outside
- Run and shout, ready, set, go!
- Outside, a loud voice is fine, and it is fun.
- Use your big voice for a race or a garden game.
Words to know
- whisper
- A tiny, soft voice.
- quiet
- Making little sound.
- library
- A place with rows and rows of books.
- tiptoe
- To walk softly on your toes.
Watch out
- Use a quiet voice in a library, near a sleeping baby, and at bedtime.
- A loud voice is fine at the playground and in a race outside.
- A whisper is a tiny voice, and it can still say hello.
Try it
- Which voice do we use at the library?
- Where is a big voice fine?
- A baby is sleeping. What do you do?
- What helps everyone fall asleep at night?
Answers: 1. a quiet voice · 2. outside, at the playground or in a race · 3. tiptoe and whisper · 4. a quiet voice
Try at homeWith a grown-up, try two voices. Use a soft, whispery voice, and then a big outside voice. Talk about where each one belongs.
For grown-upsTry two voices together: whisper like a mouse, then call out like a lion, and talk about where each one belongs.