SMELL
Creating paint colors that smell good
Instructions
- You will need 3 or more dry mix beverage packages (Kool-aid, Crystal Light, etc.) and white glue
- Combine each dry drink mix with glue in three different containers and blend until the consistency of paint
- Paint on white paper plates with the mixture encouraging the child to notice the smell of the paint
Try this
- add to your playdough a few drops of essential oils or perfume to help the child understand their sense of smell
Simplify
Encourage the child to smell the packet of mix and guess what flavor. After the "paint" is mixed, let the child match the paint smell to the correct beverage package.
Chat about the role our sense of smell can help us: alert us to danger like fire or rotten food; how we need our sense of smell for our sense of taste to work well, etc.
Click here for a short video about the sense of smell
Extend
Here are some basic smells to introduce:
Sweet (for example chocolate)
Minty/peppermint ( for example eucalyptus)
Fragrant (for example perfumes)
Woody (for example pine)
Fruity (for example apple)
Chemical (for example bleach)
Citrus (for example lemon)
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
What are your three favorite smells?
Can you name three smells you don't like?
Materials
- 3 or more dry mix beverage packages
- white glue (not glue stick)
- white paper plates
- paint tubs or disposable cups
- paintbrush
- essential oils or perfume
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Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Black
- Number - Seven, 7
- Alphabet Letters - J, I
- Sense - Smell
- Character Trait - Courage
- Target Words - Long, Little, Short, Small
Monthly Proverb
Chinese - If you get up one more time than you fall, you will make it through
Did You Know?
"Before children enter elementary school, they must develop many linguistic and cognitive skills that will make later academic learning possible. By the age of five, however, children differ markedly in their success in reaching these developmental goals." Entwisle & Alexander, 1993
Books to Read
"The Little Engine That Could"
by Watty Piper, Illustrator Loren Long (Activity 12) (audiobook available)
"My Very First Mother Goose"
with Ioa Opie Editor and Rosemary Wells Illustrator (Activity 26)
"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions "
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Color Monster, A Story About Emotions" VIDEO
by Anna Lienas (Activity 8)
"The Little Engine that Could" VIDEO
by Watty Piper (Activity 12)
"My Very First Mother Goose" VIDEO
with Ioa Opie Editor and Rosemary Wells Illustrator (Activity 26)
Music Playlist
"America (My Country Tis of Thee)" VIDEO
by the Hit Crew, Album: Drew’s Famous Music for Summer Games and Activities (Activity 13)
"Teeth" VIDEO
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy Happy Habits (Activity 25)
"Miss Mary Mack"
by Ella Jenkins, Album: You’ll Sing a Song and I’ll Sing a Song (Activity 9)
"My Country 'Tis of Thee" VIDEO
by Aretha Franklin (Activity 13)
"Miss Mary Mack" VIDEO
by Patty Shula (Activity 9)
"Teeth"
by Willa Brigham, Album: Healthy, Happy, Habits (Activity 25)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Jack and Jill
(Activity 19 Month 9)
Jack and Jill went up the hill to fetch a pail of water.
Jack fell down and broke his crown and Jill came tumbling after.