Review
Matching child's senses with a life situation
Instructions
- Give the child the five craft sticks from Month 6 Activity 10
- Ask the child to hold up the correct body part to the following questions
- What body part do I use to smell baking bread?
- What body part do I use to discover something salty?
- What body part do I use when knocking on a door?
- What body part do I use to check if the sun is shining?
- What body part do I use to check if the water is hot or cold?
- Continue by making your own questions
Here is a video to help learn the 5 senses
Simplify
Here are some easy questions for learning about our five senses
- Do we use our eyes to ? (see)
- Do we use our ears to ? (hear)
- Do we use our tongue to ? (taste)
- Do we use our hands to ? (touch)
- Do we use our nose to ? (smell)
Extend
Using our senses helps us to understand what's happening around us. Our senses send messages to our brain. Not everyone is able to use all five of their senses. If someone is unable to see, they are blind. If someone is unable to hear, they are deaf. A word to tell others they have an issue is "handicap".
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
If one of your senses had to be taken away, which sense would you choose and why?
Do you have any friends with a handicap? Are there ways to help people with handicaps? (glasses, hearing aids, wheelchairs, etc.)
Curriculum Plan Resources
Skills Focus
- Shape - Review
- Color - Green
- Number - Five, 5
- Alphabet Letters - G, Y
- Senses - Review
- Character Trait - Confidence
- Target Words - Stop, Go, Slow, More
Monthly Proverb
Hasidic- The man who has confidence in himself gains the confidence of others
Did You Know?
"Advances in cognitive science make it clear that very young children are capable of much more academically than was previously imagined." The Albert Shanker Institute
Books to Read
"Sheep In A Shop"
by Nancy Shaw (Activity 7) (audiobook option)
"I Don't Want To Be A Frog"
by Dev Petty (Activity 8)
"Popcorn"
by Frank Asch (Activity 16)
"Sheep in A Shop". VIDEO
by Nancy Shaw (Activity 7)
"I Don't Want To Be A Frog". VIDEO
by Dev Petty (Activity 8)
"Popcorn". VIDEO
by Frank Asch (Activity 16)
Music Playlist
"I Believe in You"
by Divo and Celine Dion Album IL Divo/Ancora (Vocal Classical) (Activity 18)
"She’ll Be Comin’ Round the Mountain"
by Barbershop Quartets (Activity 19)
"What’s Your Name"
by Mike Soloway Album Hungry for Manners (Childrens) (Activity 1)
"What's Your Name" VIDEO
by Mike Soloway (Activity 1)
"She'' Be Comin Round the Mountain" VIDEO
by Learning Station (Activity 19)
"I Believe In You" VIDEO
by Divo and Celine Dion (Activity 18)
Monthly Materials List
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Fingerplay / Poems / Songs
Red says STOP
(Activity 14 Month 6)
Red says STOP
Green says GO
Yellow says WAIT
You better go SLOW
5 Little Ducks Went Out to Play
(Activity 26 Month 6)
Five little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only four little ducks came back.
Four little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only three little ducks came back.
Three little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only two little ducks came back.
Two little ducks Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But only one little duck came back.
One little duck Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
Mother Duck said “Quack, quack, quack, quack”
But none of the five little ducks came back.
Sad Mother Duck Went out one day
Over the hill and far away
The sad Mother Duck said
"QUACK QUACK QUACK."
And all of the five little ducks came back.