The Five Senses: Smell

Our school time starts the same every day. First we say the pledge of allegiance, then we do the calendar, and then we do some type of review, such as counting popsicle sticks, comparing groups of objects, sorting etc. Today after calendar I did an assessment with the girls. I had them get out their white boards and write different letters and numbers as I dictated them. We did upper and lower case letters a - g and numbers 1 - 12. I kept track of which letters and numbers that they need to review and made up some worksheets for them to do independently throughout the week.

After our assessment, we learned about our sense of smell. We read a book about how we use our noses to smell, and then we did a little experiment. I made a chart of different items that we were going to smell. After smelling each item, the girls made a smiley face if they liked it, a sad face if they didn't like it, and a straight face if they didn't care either way about the scent. After smelling all of the items, they picked the one they liked best. Sophie's favorite was the cinnamon, and Zoe's favorite was the vanilla.

Next we made a list on the chalkboard of how our bodies reacted to the good smells and the bad smells. The girls thought it was pretty neat that their bodies responded instinctively to the bad smells by trying to keep the odor from getting into their noses and by trying to dissipate the scent. After that, they went through the house to find something that smelled good to them. Zoe brought back the Tinker Bell bubbles from the bathroom, and Sophie brought her favorite blanket.
Here is a game we got out of The Mailbox - Time to the Hour Lotto. Since learning time to the hour is one of our objectives, I've been looking for fun ways to reinforce the concept. The girls thought this was fun, so we'll be playing it again throughout the month.