Last week, children explored four of their five senses in a centres rotation activity.
First we put our listening skills to the test with a game of sound bingo. Children listened intently as they heard sounds such as babies, sheep, and tractors and matched them to the pictures on their bingo cards. Next it was off to use our sense of touch! Children felt through thick cotton socks to make guesses and discover (without their sense of sight) what objects were inside. Up next? Smelling! Children used their noses to match smells to pictures of different foods. At the fourth station, children put their sight and memory to the test. After 2 minutes of looking at a tray of objects, children were challenged to draw the objects without a view of the tray. Finally, we concluded our rotation by reflecting with some fiction and non-fiction books about the senses.
Some wonderful questions and ideas emerged out of these activities and children were encouraged to record their thinking on our Seeds of Thought wall. We look forward to exploring these theories and questions further as our unit continues.
First we put our listening skills to the test with a game of sound bingo. Children listened intently as they heard sounds such as babies, sheep, and tractors and matched them to the pictures on their bingo cards. Next it was off to use our sense of touch! Children felt through thick cotton socks to make guesses and discover (without their sense of sight) what objects were inside. Up next? Smelling! Children used their noses to match smells to pictures of different foods. At the fourth station, children put their sight and memory to the test. After 2 minutes of looking at a tray of objects, children were challenged to draw the objects without a view of the tray. Finally, we concluded our rotation by reflecting with some fiction and non-fiction books about the senses.
Some wonderful questions and ideas emerged out of these activities and children were encouraged to record their thinking on our Seeds of Thought wall. We look forward to exploring these theories and questions further as our unit continues.