Touching
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Day One
Materials
- assembled cubes
- cut out felt
- cut out corrugated cardboard
- cut out foil
- cut out sandpaper
- Cheerios
- cotton balls or pads
Procedure
- listen to songs #17 & 18 on
- read pages 36-39 in
- tell the students that we are going to do a fun activity
- do experiment on pages 46 & 47 in
- pass out cubes
- model gluing on the different square textures (make sure to emphasize how much glue to use)
- pass out materials and instruct the kids to glue the textures onto their cube
- talk about how each texture feels
- collect cubes and set aside and allow to dry
- 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
- Play songs #17 & 18 on CD
- read and
- make a class list of things we can touch/feel on the white board (draw a picture and label it with one word)
- continue #3 until everyone has had the chance to share their idea
- pass out the senses books
- model turning to the hand page, model drawing and labeling
- instruct the children to do the same
- when the children are finished, have them bring their book to you to check
- review the 5 senses