5 SENSES BOOK
As a culmination to your five senses unit, have the children make
self portraits; then glue on wiggle eyes, cotton ball dipped in
perfume (nose), jingle bells (ears), sand paper (hands) and licorice
(mouth). Use this caption:
"_____________ has Five Senses".
SMELL
Submitted by Tami
I buy ordinary/inexpensive bubbles and add a drop or two of pepperment
extract to the bubbles. The children love the smell and it
stimulates their olfactory senses as well as their fine motor control
because they try to catch them and their tracking skills as they
watch them float.
HEARING
Submitted by Diane
Just a quickie to be added to the senses curriculum: Wind up a music
box and have one child hide it while another hides his/her eyes. Then
child must use his/her hearing to locate the sound. A book
I use when doing my unit on smelling is A Tale of Two Tengu. It's
very funny especially when just told as a story.
THE 5 SENSES - SIGHT
Submitted by Becky
Cut out the insides of paper plates, leaving the rims intact (2 plates
per finished product). Glue or tape colored cellophane covering the
opening of one plate and tape or glue another plate to secure cellophane.
Can add a popscicle stick for a handle. Use yellow, green and red
cellophane. Children can hold up and view the world in different
colors and can hold up two plates to make orange, green or purple.
If room lighting is not very good, can do outside or have a flashlight
or other light source nearby.
Can also cover toliet paper rolls on one end to make color telescopes.
LIGHTS OUT
I use three pairs of dark socks and one pair of white. I put all of
the socks in a shoe box. Lights go out and the students must match
the socks. This shows how eyes react to color in the dark.
MY EYES
Here are my eyes,
One and two.
I give a wink.
So can you.
When they're open,
I can see light.
When they're closed,
It's dark like night.
HAND SHAPED FEELY BOARD
Need: posterboard and scraps of fabric (different textures of fabric),
cotton balls, glue, scissors.
Trace a childs' hand on posterboard and cut out the hand shape. Have the children
glue different textures of fabric and cottonballs onto their posterboard hand.
Sweet Smelling Art:
for a special sensory experience, add a few drops of peppermint, lemon
or vanilla to your play dough.
Add a few drops of peppermint to your paint.
If you have little ones, you might prefer to paint with jell or pudding so
if they eat their "paint," no one will become ill.
Have children draw pictures with scented markers or scented crayons.
Encourage them to exchange pictures and compare scents. encourage children
to discuss the "smells" of their markers or crayons.....
TEXTURED GLOVES
Fill separate disposable rubber gloves with textured materials such
as gelatin, rice, beans, or cotton. Tightly tie the
opening of each glove with a length of yarn. (Keep the gelatin-filled gloves
chilled until you are ready to use them.) Place the filled gloves in a learning
center. To use the center, invite a student to feel, poke, and manipulate the
gloves. Encourage him to describe the texture and movement of each glove as
he explores it.
THE MYSTERY CAN
Submitted by Maureen
(This is the notice inside the can (laminated) that is sent home
with a different child each day.
Dear Parents/Caregivers:
This is our class mystery can. The object is for the children to try
and guess what is inside. Your child has been selected to take
it home tonight. Please help them to select something that makes
a sound when the can is shaken, (I've attached a paper with some ideas
and a list of items that others have sent in, it's ok to send them
again). The rest of us will try to guess what is inside. Please
help your child with clues to give the rest of us. Please return
the can tomorrow.
The object of this activity is to stimulate their curiosity, encourage the
use of sensory skills and offer the children the opportunity to ask many questions.
Happy hunting for your Mystery can item.
Thanks,
Song Title: Mystery Can
Sung to, "I'm a Little Teapot."
What's in the Mystery can
Who can tell?
Maybe it's a book, or maybe a shell
What's in the Mystery can
Who can see?
It's something special for you and me.
Items to put in the Mystery can:
Acorns
Beans
Chocolate Chips
Marbles
Marshmallows
Nails
Paper clips
Peanuts
Pennies (1-5 coins should be enough)
Rice
Rocks
Screws
Thumbtacks
Clues:
Item: Peanuts
1) Elephants like to eat them.
2) They make a good sandwich.
Marshmallows
1) They melt if you put them in hot chocolate.
2) They can be sticky.
SENSES
Submitted by Stacy
have the kids draw or paint blindfolded. It makes for an interesting
picture and a totally different experience. Also play different
types of music from classical to hard rock and have the kids draw
what they hear. Play a relaxation tape of water or waves or
the forest and also have them draw what they hear.
FUN SENSES ACTIVITIES
Submitted by Cheryl
Smell:
Tell a story about Nosy Bear, a Bear who loves to smell. He smells
flowers, he smells pizza, he smells perfume, etc. Use a bear puppet
if available, and embellish the story. Ask the children to
bring in something good for Nosy Bear to smell. They might
bring a plastic jar containing something with a smell, a medicine
bottle with cotton ball soaked in the "smell", a plastic zip-lock
bag with (example) dusting powder, whatever. Then have the children
guess what Nosy Bear is smelling and have them smell too and vote
for their favorite smells. You could write a group story describing
the different smells. This would emphasize ordering as well. First,
Nosy Bear smelled ________. Etc. He really liked ___________. But
he DIDN'T like to smell ____________. ______________was his
favorite smell!
Sight:
BROWN BEAR PUPPETS
As a follow up activity to "Brown Bear" story make bear puppets from paper
lunch bags & brown construction paper ears. The children draw on the faces.
To extend the experience to home, send home a note telling the parents that
we read Brown Bear and are looking for different things to see. The children
can use their puppets to "look". Ask the parents to send in a note telling
one thing that their child and "Brown Bear" "SAW" together.
Touch:
Use oatmeal boxes to make 3 or 4 feelie boxes - cover them with contact
paper. Cut the ribbing off of an old sock & attach it to the opening of
each box using glue & then a couple of tight wraps of fat cloth tape. Put
three or four things inside each box for the children to discover - with different
feels such as a wood ABC block, a rubber ball , a large cork, a plastic pop
bead, a powder puff, a plastic pot scrubber, a short metal toddler spoon, etc.
Describe what the child is feeling: hard, soft, warm, cool, rough, smooth,
etc.
Taste
Comparative Taste-- Have the children compare the taste of different varieties
of the same foods such as red and green seedless grapes, Golden Delicious and
Granny Smith apples, and cheddar and mozzarella cheeses.
Sound:
Use a Karaoke machine for a sound game. Have one child hide behind a divider
or curtain and then talk into the microphone. The other kids in the circle
have to guess who it is by listening to the voice.
For a sound discrimination set:
Submitted by Lafnlearn
Save your scotch tape boxes, the little ones that are about 2X2 inches.
Fill 2 boxes with 2 teaspoons rice, fill 2 boxes with 2 teaspoons sand
or salt, continue making pairs with other ingredients such as beans,
pebbles, jingle bells, cheerios, etc... don't forget to make an empty
pair!
Cover the boxes with contact paper, make sure they all look alike. Let
the kids figure out which sounds match. Your local elementary schools
use lots of tape so put a cardboard box where the tape is kept and ask them
to drop their tape boxes there... you'll have a huge set in no time!
SENSES
Submitted by Marilyn
Activities
For sight..I will try this year (recommended by a former professor)
a game where I will cut out large common shapes from oaktag (such
as a dog, elephant, butterfly, etc and decorate one side of the cutout. Show
the blank side to the children and explain that they must use their
eyes to determine what the shape is. Then turn the cutout around
so that they see they are right. We will also go on a nature
walk and write an experience chart about what we saw on our walk.
SENSES
Submitted by Tammy
Sight - We will talk about how important sight is. We always
talk about things we like to see (pretty things to us). Then
I take a blindfold and have the children build a building with our
large blocks without using their sense of sight. The kids love
this and they get a little taste at how hard it can be to do
things without looking.
Sound - I have a sound game I use. I have a tape and bingo cards
of everyday sounds (Baby crying, telephone ringing, car, lawnmower...etc.) The
children have fun trying to identify what the sounds are they are hearing. The
game is played like bingo.
Feel - This one I got from a fellow looper. We are going to use an "elephant
feely box". I am going to use margarine containers and socks. Cut
the toe out of the sock and fit the margarine container into it. I am
going to place one object in each and have the kids guess what is in there. Then
the kids are going to get a chance to put objects in there too.
Title: Smelly Plates
Submitted by Dee deesmith@idsmail
Provide each student with a small paper plate and smelly stickers
(grapes, strawberries, candy canes,etc.) Allow students to
peel the different smelly stickers and place onto their plate. Have
them sniff the stickers and identify it's smell.
Title: Naming Part and Senses
Submitted by Kimberly
If a bird you want to hear
You have to listen with your ______________
If you want to dig in the sand
Hold the shovel in your __________
To see an airplane as it flies
YOU must open up your __________
To smell a violet or a rose
You sniff the fragrance thru your ____________
When you walk across the street
You use two thing you call your ____________
East and West and North and South
To eat or talk you use your __________
Title: Texture Shapes
Submitted by Suzanne
For each child, cut a large shape out of heavy paper or from cardboard. Prepare
a variety of collage materials for the children to use...dyed pasta
or rice, fabric, ribbon, paper scraps, & cellophane are some
ideas. You can use just one color or several colors. (Use
the 3 primary colors for example, or red , yellow, and orange if
you are trying to teach red + yellow = orange) Let children
cover shapes with glue, then use the materials to make a collage. When
the glue has dried, have the children gently rub their hands across
the shapes to feel the different textures.
To dye pasta or rice: Place a small amount of rubbing alcohol
in a jar that has a screw-top lid (a mayonnaise jar is good). Add
a few drops of food coloring. Fill the jar about 2/3 full with
uncooked rice or pasta. Replace the lid, & shake until
color is evenly distributed. Allow pasta or rice ot dry for about
1 hour.
Title: Training of Ears, Smell and Taste
Submitted by Marilyn
Materials: Lots of empty film roll
different ingredients for filling
Fill each roll with either a different product, like rice or beans,
the children will hear the different sounds of it. You can make another
roll with exactly the same filling. You can play film roll Lotto. The
children have to find the same filling, just by shaking the roll(don't
let them open it until the end, and you see if every child found the
two matching rolls). Or you can make the same filling, but different
amounts, like, one roll of rice filled up, the other one half way and
the third one just a few rice corns.. The children learn to recognize
the difference...
We did it in Germany, and the children just loved it. You can use those photorolls
for so many things...
You also, can fill it with some spices, and let the children smell it or taste
it, like sweet paprika powder, and stuff like that, lemon.........and so on....
Title: Sense - smell
Submitted by Ruby
One gets both green and red salsa. The kids compare the two,
which has a stronger smell, which is spicier, which is sweeter,how
are they different (color,thickness) etc. Then as a whole group,
one can discuss the difference. One can make a class graph
on which one everyone liked more. then they can enjoy the rest
of their chips with the salsa. This is great to use descriptive
words and work on their senses. My students fully enjoyed this
experiment and realize that there is a difference between red and
green salsa.
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