Here are some fun ideas to teach about the sense of smell:
1. Spicy Collage- Give the kids a variety of spices. Try to include different colors and textures. Some ideas are cloves, cinnamon, red pepper flakes, cumin, oregano, paprika. Have the kids squeeze glue onto a paper and sprinkle the spices on.
2. Kool-Aid painting. Simply make a few different flavors of Koool-Aid. The higher you concentrate it, the longer the scents will last. Have the kids paint with the Kool aid as they would water colors. These dry sticky, so if sending home, you may want to place a piece of plastic wrap onto them.
3. Smelling Center- Have a few distinct spices in containers with holes poked into them. Have the kids smell them and see if they can identify their characteristics. You can graph which scents are preferred over others.
4. Car Air Freshener- Give each child a styrofoam ball and whole cloves, Have them poke the cloves into the ball, Then, pin a ribbon into the ball so that it can hang!
1. Spicy Collage- Give the kids a variety of spices. Try to include different colors and textures. Some ideas are cloves, cinnamon, red pepper flakes, cumin, oregano, paprika. Have the kids squeeze glue onto a paper and sprinkle the spices on.
2. Kool-Aid painting. Simply make a few different flavors of Koool-Aid. The higher you concentrate it, the longer the scents will last. Have the kids paint with the Kool aid as they would water colors. These dry sticky, so if sending home, you may want to place a piece of plastic wrap onto them.
3. Smelling Center- Have a few distinct spices in containers with holes poked into them. Have the kids smell them and see if they can identify their characteristics. You can graph which scents are preferred over others.
4. Car Air Freshener- Give each child a styrofoam ball and whole cloves, Have them poke the cloves into the ball, Then, pin a ribbon into the ball so that it can hang!
RSS Feed
