For this thematic unit, I take two days to focus on each sense.  I will combine two days in one post.

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Day One

Materials

• copy of page 41 for each child to take home
• empty toilet paper roll

Instructions

1. play song #17 & 18 on
2. read pages 10-15 in
3. tell the students that sometimes our eyes can play tricks on us
4. read page 41 in
   and do the experiment as a class; pass around the empty toilet paper roll and let every child have a turn
5. review the 5 senses

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Day Two

Materials

• homemade “Senses” book (1/child)
• white board & markers
• crayons
• pencils

Instructions

1. play song #17 & 18 on
2. read
3. ask the children to share things that they like to look at
4. ask one child at a time, draw their idea on the board and label it with one word
5. continue step #4 until each child has had a turn
6. get out the homemade “Senses” book and model writing your name on the front
7. pass out the books and instruct the students to do the same
8. open the model book to the sight  page and model drawing and labeling one item from the white board in the book
9. when each child is done, have them come up and show you their page, if what they wrote is illegible, then rewrite it on the page for them
10. keep the books for the next time
11. read
    and review the 5 senses

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