I look after a 4 year old who is incredibly loud.
She's very bossy and is always telling the other children what to do. But it is sooooo loud. She doesn't seem to be able to speak unless it's at top volume. Her mum is just the same. I can hear them arriving in the morning...from the bottom of the drive, through locked doors! Both of them have really high pitched, screechy voices.
Has anyone got any tricks for getting children to quieten their voices? We try singing songs in quiet and loud voices and she does know the difference. If I ask her to use her quiet voice she will for the next sentence, but then it's back to the screeching. She's not shouting as such, she just has a very loud, piercing voice. You can hear her all round the house and my son has to wear headphones when he's in his room doing uni work!