Example Three Bears Monday Tuesday Wednesday Activity Sight Smell Touch Hearing Taste 3 Bears story Read book with voices and sounds Book, pictures in room Cinnamon oatmeal warm in the room Bear counters or stuffed animals Tell story with dolls story on the computer Pillows to pretend sleep on Act it out Act it out Act it out with props Listen to story on tape/cd/computer Play quiet forest sounds during story or nap time Do voices and sounds when telling story Act it out Eat Oatmeal cream of wheat Thursday Friday Re-read the book Have kids retell kids cut out pics of bears and blondes in magazines cedar blocks to smell the woods blankets to cover with during story like Goldilocks Eat Oatmeal
Senses Centers Library Writing Activity Three Bears Read the story and have copies of that and other versions available in Library center, Have kids retell Have pictures from the story on writing paper. Students color and describe or add a new ending Sight Smell Touch Hearing Taste 3 Bears story Book and pictures in room Picture and letters from words in story. Students can match word order from one page in book. Cinnamon oatmeal warm in the room Use smelly markers or smelly pencils Bear counters or stuffed animals, touch the book, blankets to cover with during story like Goldilocks Writing instruments that wiggle, write with finger in sand or shaving cream -Listen to story on tape/cd/computer -Play quiet forest sounds during story or nap -Do voices and sounds when telling story Listen to quiet forest sounds while writing Eat Oatmeal or cream of wheat (snack time) Dramatic play Science Act it out with puppets or props, Have kids retell Learn about hot and cold or forests, bears Scenery, colorful props -Go for a walk to see different types of trees -pictures of different kinds of bears Spray pine smell in dramatic play area, have cedar smelly blocks cedar blocks to smell the woods Props: bowls, chairs, blankets of diff. textures, pillows to pretend sleep on touch things and categorize hot and cold Act it out Play a sound recognition game with sound of bears, girl, cracking ice, wind, leaves rustling to match to pictures when hear the sound Eat Oatmeal or cream of wheat -Taste hot/ cold -taste Sweet and plain oatmeal
Senses Center Blocks Art Math Technology Sensory Activity Sight Smell Touch Hearing Taste Build the bears house and beds Make their own books or pics of the story, can change the ending Count and sort by color, size, bears, chairs, beds Use technology to retell story ALL of the above. Different color blocks or diff shapes to fit together to make house -Draw scenery for acting it out - kids cut out pics of bears and blondes in magazines -Materials of different colors. -Can sort by color or type - group or add -story on the computer -Pictures on computer of kids acting out story See different versions of story and compare, contrast Smell of cedar on the blocks Use playdoh to create something from the story -Use cedar chips in sensory table - make cinnamon playdoh Let them sand cedar smelly blocks, diff. weight blocks -Finger paint a pic. -Cut pictures to make a scene from the story or create a new scene. Bear counters or stuffed animals, wooden small chairs and beds, blankets Feel mouse, keyboard, voice recorder -Burry 3 bears, small chairs, spoons, cups etc in sand or other media -write in dry oatmeal with fingers Sound of blocks hitting together Count how many sounds you hear in the sound recognition game. -Hear story on CD or computer. -practice voices for the characters and record them Play a sound recognition game with sound of bears, girl, cracking ice, wind, leaves rustling to match to pictures when hear the sound -Eat Oatmeal or cream of wheat -taste cinnamon (poptarts)
Day Activity Sight Smell Touch Hearing Taste Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
During story time Sight Smell Touch Hearing Taste
Senses Centers Library Activity Sight Smell Touch Hearing Taste Writing Dramatic play Science Blocks Art Math Tech Sensory
Day Activity Sight Smell Touch Hearing Taste Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday
During story time Sight Smell Touch Hearing Taste
Senses Centers Library Activity Sight Smell Touch Hearing Taste Writing Dramatic play Science Blocks Art Math Tech Sensory