This week we continued learning about the five senses. We talked about the sense of sight and hearing last week and this week we moved onto the sense of taste and touch. On Tuesday the children learned about how taste works and the different types of flavor a food can have. We listed foods that were sweet, salty, sour, and bitter. We also had a taste test with the children and graphing the results. The children were asked to taste all four different flavor groups. They each had to taste a chip (salty), raisins (sweet), lemon (sour), and Unsweetened chocolate (bitter). Before tasting these foods they had to predict which one they would like better. After tasting the four foods they then graphed which one they actually liked the best. Then we counted and compared the results. You can check out the results on our sense bulletin board above the cubbies. The unsweetened chocolate was definitely not a crowd pleaser! The children also added lips to their paper plate faces.
On Thursday we started the sense of touch. We discussed how touch works and different ways different things feel. During meeting each of the children got a piece of fabric from the fabric box. All the pieces feel different. The children had to use description words to tell what their piece of fabric felt like and then walked it around to let the other children feel it. Some words they came up with were smooth, fuzzy, rough, and soft. We also made a list of other things we touch on a daily basis that feel like those four textures. The children then traced their hands, cut them out, and added them on their paper plate faces. Take a look!
We celebrated St. Patricks day at school on Friday. We read a book about who Patrick was and why we celebrate this day. The children were eager to start on the art activities. There were leprechaun and shamrock coloring sheets at the art table. Some of them did those while other children chose to make leprechaun hats out of construction paper and tape. We also made four leaf clovers and shamrocks using a green pepper and paint. The children used the green pepper which was cut in half as a stencil. They dipped it into the paint and stamped it on their paper. They then made a stem using brown paint. They finished off the art project by adding yellow sand to them. They came out great! Make sure to take a look. For snack the children enjoyed green cupcakes!
We had a special visitor come in on Thursday that the children absolutely loved! Big Joe brought in puppets and told some very funny stories. The children seemed to really be enjoying themselves and were laughing most of the time. He told both stories that the children recognized and could get involved in and stories he made up that the children sat quietly and listened to. He had a bunch of different animal puppets to help tell those stories.
Other things happening around the class...* Making R's with play dough
* Making things with the HWT materials
* The Weekend Report
* Reading together
* Art at the easels
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