Term 2 - Week 5 'Our Senses'

(Tune : Where Is Thumbkin)
five senses – five senses
we have them – we have them
seeing, hearing, touching,
tasting and smelling
we have five – we have five!!

You guessed it……this week we have been discussing our five senses…!!
A fun game we played was for the children to differentiate between different sounds (using bells, drums, tambourines, and lots of different sounds) – using our hearing solely.
Then using a blindfold on one child they had to touch the child in front of them and guess as to who it was, this was rather challenging so we added in that the child could use their voice to make it easier –and by combining our sense of hearing together with touch, it helped to make our decision as to who it was so much faster (the children absolutely loved every minute of this game)
We then explored feeling the difference of rough and smooth - (smooth : a bowl of water and mazeina) (rough : a bowl of water with sand and stones) they were so excited to squish and squeeze the two very opposite textures.
We had a tasting exercise – where we got to try out the four specific groups – being bitter(not a favourite), sour(some really love lemons), sweet(always a crowd pleaser), and salty(this was top of the pops).
In life skills we created a very gracious looking torah, using colourful lolly sticks, glitter and velvet and our own school amendments. With the upcoming festival of Shavuot we have been discussing all about the ten commandments - and as such have incorporated these into our agreements for our very own torahs - with our focus being on love, respect and gratitude)
Our focus letter this week was ‘n’ – in the spirit of the soccer world cup, we created a goal post with a net using throat depressor sticks which the children all decorated, they then glued these onto a net and added a soccer ball.
And even though I am sick in bed the fun at school will continue....our sense of smell is next with a vast array of different odours(from garlic to strawberry) to smell and match, but more on that next week.
So watch this space......until we chat again xxx
With love Morah Mandy