Thematic
Unit: My Body/ 5 Senses
My
Body
Finger
paint – flower
Since
we're learning about our body, I wanted the children to learn that
they can create art with not only paintbrushes, but with their
fingers as well. So I cut out 3 circles and asked the kids to finger
paint the flower petals. Then they could add anything they wanted to
their flowers, and we had some really neat ideas for their work.
Noodle
X-ray/ Q-tip X-ray
In
our 5 Senses theme, we learned about illnesses and injuries. I
thought it would be fun to teach kids about broken bones and X-rays,
so I made a photocopy of my arm and hand and asked one class to glue
on the noodles for the bones and the other class used Q-tips and
Popsicle sticks. The X-rays looked pretty cool!
Dental
Health
We
learned about how to take care of our teeth in our Body theme and one
lesson I taught in class was the importance of cleaning and brushing
your teeth. I found pictures of teeth and put one happy tooth on one
piece of paper and a sad one on the other piece of paper. Then asked
the kids to use puffy paint (white glue and shaving cream) to paint
them. Next, I asked the kids to color some of the food that might be
bad for our teeth, such as candy, chocolate....etc. Then they glued
the pictures on the sad tooth. On the contrary, they glued the
healthy food on the happy tooth!
Funny
Glasses/ mouth
This
was just a fun idea I found to get the kids interested in learning
about the parts of the face we learned in the theme. I found some
pictures of funny eyes and glued them on a pair of paper glasses and
also found some funny mouths for the kids to choose. At the end of
the lesson, each one of them came up to the front of the class to
show their work! Very cute!
Blindfold
game
After
learning about the parts of the face, it was time for the children to
play some games to help them remember the names and the parts and
where they belong on your face. So I cut out different face parts and
blindfolded the kids and asked them to place them correctly on the
face that I drew on the whiteboard! :) It was a fun game for the
class!
Monster
balloon
This
was a craft they could take home and play with and review the words
we taught in class. After teaching the face parts on the first day, I
found the pictures of funny face parts and asked the kids to choose
and make their own balloon monsters! We saw some funny looking
monsters!
5
Senses
Making
Slime
In
our 5 senses theme, we learned how to describe different types of
texture and one of the word is “slime”. It was a bit difficult to
explain to the kids how it feels like, so we made some slime to play
in class. We mixed white glue, dish soap and food coloring, it was
messy but the class enjoyed the messy play. :)
Tongue
craft
In
the 5 Senses unit, we explored different tastes and I wanted the kids
to understand which part of their tongue is in charge of which taste,
so we made a big tongue map for them to remember. We cut out pictures
of food that tasted, bitter, sour, salty and sweet and asked the
children to glue them on according to our map!
Tasting
experiment
After
introducing the words sweet, sour, salty and bitter. It was time for
the children to experiment what these words mean. I bought some
chips, candy, dark chocolate and marinated plum for the kids to try.
Kids love tasting different types of food!
What's
inside the balloon?
In
this lesson, we learned about different textures, such as rough,
bumpy, soft... etc. So I hid different things inside balloon and
passed them around and I asked the children to guess what they think
is inside the balloon. Great guessing game!
