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Two-minute sound safari
Sit together for two quiet minutes, collect the sounds around you and discover how much is happening without looking.
What to do
- 1
Choose a safe place to sit or stand and decide how the two minutes will end.
- 2
Close your eyes only if that feels comfortable, then listen without needing to stay perfectly still.
- 3
Count different sounds on your fingers or remember one favourite sound.
- 4
When time is up, take turns describing what each sound might have been.
- 5
Try once more in a different place and notice what changed.
