Jonathan started his lesson hearing the book Zin, Zin, Zin, the Violin by Llyod Moss read to him with visual and auditory effects. The video discussed the element of sound being caused by vibrations. Jonathan heard the timbre of each instrument as the book went through the sections of the orchestra. For example, he heard the sounds of the trombone, the cello, the flute, and the French horn as they contrast in timbre. We then had a discussion about the sound that can be heard in a large seashell from the beach, like a conch shell. Jonathan watched a short video which explained that the shell is picking up the ambient sound at the beach and the vibration is intensified by going through the shell material to the eardrums. Jonathan heard the explanation of how we hear as being the vibration of three small bones that send messages to our brain to tell us what we heard. Jonathan also saw how to make a homemade telephone using two tin cans and string. if he has a chance at home, he may try this. He also did a quick experiment by suspending a ruler off the side of a desk and vibrating it to hear the sound. I asked Jonathan to move the ruler to different lengths suspended over the desk to see if he could hear a difference in the pitch that was made. Jonathan also read the book, All About Sound by Lisa Trumbauer.