Hey everyone -
Today we wrapped up our look at the 5 senses with an exploration of the sense of smell. This was a fun day for us all as there is a ton you can do with this sense (really all of them!). For our art project today we made cereal rainbows - the kids simply glued different colored fruit loops on a white piece of paper in the shape of a rainbow. And don't worry, I gave them a small bowl on the side to sample the cereal as they worked :) That way they got to use their sense of taste too! Then we also made scented flowers - this was so easy and super cute. The kids decorated a flower cutout and then glued a cupcake liner on top of it. Then inside the cupcake liner they placed a pompom that had been sprayed with perfume. To top it all off, they attached the flower to a green pipe cleaner that represented the stem. So fun!
We of course, played lots of games where they had to smell different objects, guess what they were and also categorize them as "pleasant" or "unpleasant" smells. I used objects like cinnamon, garlic, onion, various baking extracts, tea bag, toothpaste... The kids really had fun with this, but I was surprised when they couldn't figure out what any of the objects were!
We read one of my favorite children's books today - "Stellaluna" by Janell Cannon. I don't think any of the kids had ever heard the story before and they really enjoyed it. It has some connection to the sense of smell (because they're bats and bats have a great sense of smell) but the greatest thing about the book is that they learn they can be friends even though they are so different. Really sweet.
Thursday is going to be a great day - we'll be going hiking and doing a nature scavenger hunt at Castlewood Canyon State Park. This will be a great way for the kids to use all 5 of their senses (although the sense of taste will mostly be used at snack and lunch time :))
Thanks for reading - I hope you guys get a kick out of what we do each day. We certainly have a blast!
Take care -
Kendall Stark
Monarch Kids Preschool Teacher
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