What a busy week it has been! We are learning about the 5 senses this week. Monday I introduced the different senses and we talked about what each was used for. Tuesday (yesterday) we made a touch book in reading which was pretty dull compared to the taste testing we did in the afternoon. I had each child get a cup of water to put at his or her seats. I also placed a trashcan next to one of my students who has thrown up 3 times during class due to gag reflex. I also told this student to not try anything sketch. Yes, I used the word sketch and he just looked at me and nodded. We are on the same wavelength. Then I went on to tell my students about how different parts of their tongue tasted different things. We tasted skittles for sour, pretzals for salty...pretty normal. For sour I brought in some lemon juice. I had them line up and poured it into mouths like cough syrup. I loved the faces! Finally, it was time to taste bitter. For this I got bakers chocolate. This chocolate smells wonderful, so my kids were super excited to eat it. That is until they actually tasted it and sprinted to the trashcans I had strategically placed around the room. I honestly think some of them may have been traumatized for life. No more chocolate! Today we made pipecleaner glasses for sight and had a sensational sniffing hunt. We go to the tree farm on Friday. Should be fun.
And now I leave you with some quotes of the day:
"My mom goes to college she's in 5th grade."
"My mom can't run cause she has big legs"
"Misss Henderrrrsonnnn the paper towel machine is broken!!!!"
"Miss Atkins! Chef Powatan died! (instead of chief hahaha)"
Peace out!
