Week 13`
Dear PS2 Families,
Exploring the World Through Our 5 Senses!
For a short week, we managed to pack in a lot of learning and fun as we began building awareness of the world around us by using our five senses. The holiday season is filled with wonderful sensory experiences to enjoy.
After discussing what our senses are and that we have five of them, we talked about how these are the jobs of our eyes, ears, hands, nose and tongue. The children were amazed to realize that there is much we can discover about the world around us when we use them. We thought about how difficult it can be to figure out what something is if you can’t use your eyes to see it. We took some time to think about what we can do if our senses don’t work well. Ask your child to tell you about what accommodations can be made for a person who has difficulty with sight or hearing.
We had lots of laughs as we enjoyed the process oriented artistic opportunities offered this week as we discovered how tricky it can be to paint without the use of your sight, used our fingers to pinch and sprinkle small amounts of Kool-aid onto glue and enjoyed the aromas created. We also put our hearing to the test as we listened to different styles of music and drew what the music inspired in us. Ask your child to tell you about their sensational art experiences.
Your preschoolers were excited to explore a variety of instruments creating different sounds, tempos, and rhythms. The PS2 band struck up each day with the sounds of a triangle tinkling, piano notes playing, harp strumming, drums beating, and castanets clacking. Everyone enjoyed being part of the band during our week. Please take a moment with your child to listen to all the sounds around you.
Next, we put our imaginations to the test while thinking about the job of our nose. Some of the smells we decided our favorites were: pizza, apples, cheese, macaroni and cheese, gingerbread cookies, rainbow lollypops, popsicles, and bagels.
One of our preschool friends used his sense of sight to observe what has happened to our large pumpkin that we place outside of our window just a few weeks ago. He noticed the change in the pumpkin as it is now well into the process of rotting and pointed it out for all of us to take a look!! We were grateful for the window pain interfering with our ability to use our sense of smell as we imagined it having a most unpleasant odor. Ask your child to tell you about what they observed.
Taste was a big factor in our explorations this week as we enjoyed the different flavors served at snack time each day. It will also come into play next week as we begin our first author study looking at some of the works of Laura Numeroff, including the classic If You Give A Mouse A Cookie…
We are also looking forward to our “Gingerbread House Decorating Party” on Wednesday, December 10th in our classroom at 11:00 am. Thank you to all who have donated treats to make this event so special. We cannot wait to see everyone then!!
Wishing everyone in our PS2 Family a wonderful weekend…
Miss Michelle, Miss Penny, and Miss Kathryn