Help Little Ears Grow Strong Listening Habits
Sound Monkey helps tamariki recognise when sound is safe — and when it’s time to turn the volume down.
Designed for early learning centres, preschools, and kindergartens, it offers a simple visual way to protect hearing in busy environments — without constant shushing, added stress, or extra workload for kaiako.
Already, 267 Kiwi preschools use the Sound Monkey to support healthy listening every day.
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Why Sound Levels Matter in Early Learning
Early childhood spaces are lively but often loud. Ongoing noise can strain young ears before it’s noticed. With 1 billion at risk and 60% of hearing loss preventable, early habits matter. Seeing what’s “too loud” helps children protect their hearing together.
What is Sound Monkey?
Designed for Tamariki. Easy for Educators.
Sound Monkey supports learning without disruption. It encourages self-regulation, makes sound levels visible, and creates calmer spaces. A simple app provides weekly reports to build awareness through curiosity
Picture the Difference
Imagine a room where tamariki notice sound together, kaiako spend less time managing noise, and safe listening habits develop naturally. Sound Monkey supports this shift gently and consistently, building lifelong awareness.
Sound Monkey Is About Education
It empowers young children to understand sound in a way that feels playful, positive, and age-appropriate.
- 267 preschools across New Zealand already using Sound Monkey
- Supports the development of safe listening habits
- Designed for real early learning settings
- Aligned with healthy learning environment principles
Register your interest to receive more information by email — including how Sound Monkey works and how your centre can get one.
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Register Your Interest In A Sound Monkey
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Thank you for registering interest in a Sound Monkey. You will receive further information shortly via email.
What Educators Are Saying
“The children just love the Sound Monkey and keep an eye on its smile. They are very quick to notice the change of colour and tell staff.
The older children tell the younger children they have to be quiet because the monkey’s smile has changed.”
— Busy Bees Coopers Beach
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