1- DATE-TIME-LOCATION- 2/7/13 2 PM, at the house of the child I nanny

2- Identify and list the sounds farthest away from you.- construction on the house down the street, several cars driving past the house

3- Identify and list the sounds at a medium range from you- dog softly snoring on the other side of the room, dishwasher running in the kitchen

4- Identify and list the sounds closest to you- white noise machine and lullaby playlist coming through on the baby monitor next to me, the crinkling of paper as I flip the page of the book I’m reading

5- Describe the general sound level and amount of sound activity.

Everything is very quiet as any sudden loud noises would wake the baby.

6- Assign a one word description to the “sound environment”.

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7- Select and list 3 sounds which are essential to the sound environment.- the sounds from the baby monitor, the dog snoring, and the dishwasher running