Sensor 33. Testing Bottles
SENSORIAL-MOTOR ALBUM
33. TESTING BOTTLES
MATERIALS:
8 small bottles with dropper lids, made of dark glass:
2 with salty water;
2 with water sweetened with suger;
2 with water made bitter with coffee;
2 with water made acidic with vinegar.
PRESENTATION:
1. Tell the child that you are going to match the taste bottle.
2. Take the bottles out and arrange them in 2 lines.
3. Choose one bottle and drop a small dot on the back of your hand and taste it.
4. Choose other bottles and taste them one by one until find a matching bottle, then put them in
front of the box.
5. Continue doing the same activity until all bottles match.
6. Mix them and let the child do it.
POINT OF INTEREST:
The substances themselves and forming the pairs.
CONTROL OF ERROR:
If they taste different.
DIRECT AIM:
Development of the gustatory sense--discrimination of taste.
INDIRECT AIM:
Making the child conscious of the 4 basic tastes.
AGE:
3-1/2 years.
LANGUAGE:
Salty, sweet, bitter, acid.
NOTE:
The tastes of different foods comes after this exercise.
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