
Sound It Out! is an audio literacy learning game developed with Twin Cities PBS that focuses on listening skills and sound identification. Players collect environmental sounds, edit and modify them, and select effects to match scenes.
Sound It Out! is an audio literacy learning game developed with Twin Cities PBS that focuses on listening skills and sound identification. Players collect environmental sounds, edit and modify them, and select appropriate effects to match scenes within a creative production workflow. By focusing on these core listening skills and sound identification tasks, players learn to effectively edit, modify, and select the appropriate effects required to match various scenes within a creative production workflow.
Audio Literacy, Sound Engineering, Environmental Perception, Narrative Soundscapes


Gather audio clips from different locations within the game world.
Use filters and tools to alter and refine sound effects.


Select appropriate effects that fit specific visual contexts.
Play finished productions in an in-game theater.

Listening and sound recognition support broader language and media literacy skills. Sound It Out! helps learners practice these skills by engaging them in collecting, editing, and applying audio within meaningful creative tasks.

Released alongside the debut of the PBS Kids Skillsville TV series, Sound It Out! recorded 250,000 plays within its first month of launch.
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