The box of sounds
Tame the roars by starting quiet and letting them be in charge
Learning through play
The hairdryer, the thunder, the firecrackers: roars that arrive with no warning and overwhelm them. In this game the roars lose the advantage of surprise — you listen to them recorded, starting quiet, and the volume only goes up when your little one decides. You time how long each one lasts and they discover the important thing: every roar ends, and they stay whole.
By age: At 2-3, soft sounds and lots of play; at 4-6, time the roars and prepare their own anti-noise kit.
What you’ll need
- ·The phone with recorded sounds (hairdryer, vacuum, thunder)
- ·Optional: headphones or earplugs for noisy places
Getting ready
Record or find two or three of the sounds that are hard for them. Two minutes.
How it goes, step by step
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Record or find together the sounds that scare them
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Listen starting very quiet: they turn the volume up, only if they want
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Time how long each roar lasts and check it always ends
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Rehearse the move: cover the ears, breathe and wait for it to pass
- 5
Prepare their kit for noisy places (earplugs or headphones) and where to carry it
Safety
Always a moderate volume — the game is mastering the sound, not enduring it — and never spring the noise on them by surprise.
Your tool for the moment
Them being in charge of the volume is not a whim: it is the mechanism. Each notch it goes up by their own choice, their brain learns "I can handle this". Forcing them to put up with it undoes the work.
The phrase they keep
«The noise roars. I breathe. It grows small.»
The pedagogical why
Oversensitivity to certain noises is real and common. Anticipating the sound, giving a sense of control (cover, step out, earplugs) and predictability (knowing it ends) reduces distress more than demanding they endure it.
Honestly: If the distress with noises is intense, constant and appears in many settings, mention it to their paediatrician: this activity supports, it does not diagnose.
Source: Research on sensory processing (Miller et al.); predictability and control principles
Grounded in developmental psychology and citable sources. It does not replace a professional’s assessment; if anything worries you, talk to your paediatrician.
What you get
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The activity’s audio guide in Tilo’s voice, step by step
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The everyday materials you’ll need — nothing to buy
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The illustrated story and its audio story for this same situation
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The Moment’s song, made to measure
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The family guide: how to hold the play, and the rest of the week, from a calm place
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The story that plants it
The tamer of roars
Loud noises overwhelm them
The box of sounds
Tame the roars by starting quiet and letting them be in charge
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