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Day One

Materials

• Dixie cups
• OJ
• AJ
• chocolate milk
• white milk
• water
• blind folds

Procedure

1. listen to songs #17 & 18 on
2. read pages32-35 in
3. tell the students that we are going to do a fun activity
4. do experiment on page 45 in
5. blindfold the children, put an item in a cup and give it to them to drink, after every child has had a chance to drink it, ask them what they tasted (make sure to tell them not to make any noise or say anything until everyone has tasted  it!)
6. repeat step #5 for all items
7. review the 5 senses

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Day Two

Materials

• homemade Senses books
• pencils
• crayons
• white board or construction paper
• white board markers or regular markers

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Procedure

1. Play songs #17 & 18 on
   CD
2. read
   and
3. make a class list of things we taste on the white board (draw a picture and label it with one word)
4. continue #3 until everyone has had the chance to share their idea
5. pass out the senses books
6. model turning to the tasting page, model drawing and labeling
7. instruct the children to do the same
8. when the children are finished, have them bring their book to you to check
9. hold on to the books
10. review the 5 senses