Little Reporter

Little Reporter: How to Report First Hand

School excursions and travel can become real adventures if you take a tape recorder with you and try your hand at being a reporter. This can not only be a fun activity, but also a useful experience for a future journalistic career. In this article, we'll show you how to report first-hand and record interesting sound effects.

The first thing to do is choose an interesting place for an excursion. This could be a museum, a park, a zoo, or any other place that your child finds interesting. In addition to the tape recorder, do not forget to take spare cassettes or batteries so as not to be left without recordings at the most crucial moment.

Once you're there, have your child do a little test recording to make sure everything is working correctly. Explain to him how to hold the microphone correctly and how to speak into it so that the recording is clear and understandable. Try not to tell your child what exactly he needs to write down; give him freedom of choice and independence.

If everything is ready, you can start reporting. Encourage your child to ask questions and engage in dialogue with other museum visitors or curators. It is important not to forget about sound effects that can be recorded on film. For example, the sound of the surf on the seashore, the noise of children's voices in the park, or the sounds of animals in the zoo. All this will help create the atmosphere of the place and make the report more lively and interesting.

After the recording is made, you can listen to it with your child. Discuss what went well and what needs to be improved. Remember that the main goal of this lesson is not to get a perfect report, but to captivate the child and help him learn new things about the world around him.

Bottom line, reporting from the scene is a fun activity that will help your child develop communication and creativity skills. The main thing is don’t force him to do what you like, not what he likes, give him the opportunity to independently choose what will be interesting to him.