Chelsey Girtman
I found interest in the article, "The Soundscape of Early Childhood." I loved reading about this because I never realized how impactful the tone of voice that a teacher or caregiver uses is to children. This really made me think about my approach and made me want to examine myself when In a classroom.
While working for Head Start, I learned that sounds from musical instruments, voices and other types of music can change a child’s mood and attitude. Sound can improve performance or totally destroy the performance of a child. Maintaining that tone of voice that engages children will help them to be more trusting of you and help you to create that good communication.
I found an article that describes the rewards for finding your tone of voice to help with the environment of your classroom. The article talks about how different times can help within certain aspects but not so much others. I feel that this article kind of gave me an insight on how I should be when in my classroom because you want the children to listen and understand but you also don’t want to yell or anything towards them.
https://www.edutopia.org/article/how-tone-of-voice-shapes-your-classroom-culture