I used Scholastic bonus points this year to get some Whisper Phones.
Scholastic calls it the Whisper Phone a Toobaloo. I ordered it as part of a
Lucky catalog order, but I believe they sell it as part of the bonus
catalog. The code I used to order the Toobaloo is 7812.
Each Toobaloo was 175
You buy a length of PVC pipe (I used 3/4). Cut the pipe into 5 sections (I
used a saw). buy PVC elbows that match the diameter of you pipe (they can help
you at your home center). slide an elbow on either end of the 5 piece of pipe.
Each one has a number written on it, so kids know which one
In a message dated 7/22/2007 2:15:19 P.M. Central Daylight Time,
[EMAIL PROTECTED] writes:
I made mine from 3/4 inch PVC pipe and elbow connections. My ends swivel,
too! I think it cost me $7 to make 23. That was 5 years ago, so it might cost
a
bit more now.
Jeanne,
How did you make
Whisper phones can be bought from CANDLfoundation.com.
A principal can obtain 6 free.
A case of 24 costs $48.00.
I like these phones because the ends swivel. A student can read into one end
and I can swivel the other
end to my ear and hear the student reading aloud. The noise in a classroom
I bought some over the ear whisper phones with a grant last year. I bought
them through homeroomteacher.com they are considerably more expensive than the
CANDL foundation phones, but I like them because the little ones struggle
holding the phone and reading. I also use them in writing
One of the best ways that I have used whisper phones is during spelling. the
kids exaggerate stretching the work out and the short vowels are much more
discernable between them.
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I made mine from 3/4 inch PVC pipe and elbow connections. My ends swivel, too!
I think it cost me $7 to make 23. That was 5 years ago, so it might cost a bit
more now.
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:A case of 24 costs $48.00.
I like these phones because the ends swivel.
Jeanne Coherd
Reading
