See No Evil, Hear No Evil, Speak No Evil

Ok, gotcha!  This email is really about our 5 Senses and the fun we had learning about them.

Our week started of with discussions on what we do with particular objects.  We "taste" icecream.  We "touch" furry bunnies.  We "see" beautiful butterflies.  We "hear" drums.  We "smell" stinky skunks.  

This discussion continued for about 20 minutes with full participation from all the children. We then made 3 dimensional faces to enhance our learning.  This included looking at each other's eyes and sharing what eye colors each child had.  We then used glue with colored sand to make our eyes. 

Another fun activity was to "feel" the texture of sand in shaving cream rubbed all over the tables then adding deep water colors to "see" the mixtures blend.  We took the final product and pressed construction paper onto the foam to make beautiful and unique pictures. When dry, we could "feel" the sandy texture.

We explored our world as a whole and one of the favorites was pressing a large shell against our ears to "hear" the airy sounds of our oceans.  This too brought about new discussions.  What lived in this shell?  How come we can hear noises?  Why is it pink?  The questions went on for quite a while.    We also used this week to try new foods to "taste" and we had a table full of flowers to "smell" the beautiful smells.

This was a great week exploring our five senses which brought about so much curiosity about themselves and their world.  Until next week's learning with PattyKakesKidz.