We introduced each sense each day with a picture and modeled the sense and have related activities along with art to help with getting familiar with our senses, how we use them in our daily lives.
Art
Monday- Touch glued bumpy materials onto paper
Tuesday-Smell- made paper flowers with cotton balls sprayed with rose smelling spray
Wednesday-Hearing- Rain stick and made our Leprechaun trap
Thursday- Seeing- painted with sunglasses on, on Easel
Friday-Taste- Taste testing various foods[sour, sweet, salty}
Math
Animal colored chip clips with round stands to practice counting as a group or by self, Number colored eggs with egg cartons practice number recognition, flowers craft sticks with round foam rings to count how many you can put on, number and colored stacking cups in various sizes to stack in different orders and colored donut rings to make patterns by size.
Motor Development
Moon sand on trays to manipulate and feel texture, scented play-dough with tools to cut, press and make impressions, triangle bell for tapping on table and holding in hand to hear and make the different sounds, Magnifying colored glasses with small counters to see color change and string cheerios on straws for sturdy grip and manipulation.
Sensory Table
various lemons. limes, textured play food, scoops, small baggies
I can touch, hear, taste, smell and see? … write down responses
Follow directions-Can you do what I do?
Taste testing various foods Friday
Made Leprechaun Trap
Blow up balloon various ways