Sensor 34. Smelling Jars

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SENSORIAL-MOTOR ALBUM

34. SMELLING JARS

MATERIALS:

A box or tray with 8 opaque jars, in pairs of four different essences (coffee, cinnamon, pepper, vanilla, ginger, coconut, garlic, bleach, detergent.)

PRESENTATION:

1. Set the jars in 2 rows and mix them.

2. Tell the child that you are going to show him how to smell the odor.

3. Choose one jar (be the control one) and open it, smell it, and let the child smell it.

4. Try different jars and find a match one. When find the match one, put them in front of the box.

5. Continue doing the same activity until all jars are matching.

6. Mix the jars and let the child do it.

POINT OF INTEREST:

The moment of making a pair.

CONTROL OF ERROR:

If they do not smell the same.

DIRECT AIM:

Development of the olfactory sense; discrimination of smells.

INDIRECT AIM:

To make the child conscious that things have different aromas.

AGE:

4 years.

LANGUAGE:

Pleasant, unpleasant, mild, strong, and the names of the essences used.

NOTE:

1. Start with strong one.

2. Change the flavor for children to learn more flavor.