As a part of our five senses
activities, we did some similar activities on ‘Sense of Touch’ yesterday.
Touch and say
I
placed few stuff before her and asked her to touch and feel the difference. She
had to put the identical but opposite stuff in the paper tray after identifying
it.
Stuff on the tray: Oyster and a
clam, pompom and a rubber ball, wet and dry papers, hot water and a small ice
cube.
Feely or mystery Bag:
Feely
or mystery bag is a great sensory activity to develop the kids’ sense of
touch. I took a basket and put some
objects (Well known to my little one, that’s important) in the basket. I blind folded her and asked her to take the
object what I said. She had to touch and find
the object and took it outside. To test
her, I put a marble, rubber ball and plastic ball of almost same size and asked
her to take it one by one. She found it
correctly.
She loved this activity and asked me to
do it in the evening also. As a slight
modification, after blindfolding her I gave her few objects of similar shape and size like bangle – cell tape,
ball –lemon, pencil-sketch, eraser-sharpener --- and asked her to identify what it is.
When
I gave her the lemon, first she said that it was a ball. Then she pressed it, smelled
it (sense of smell) and said, “No. It’s a lime or lemon.” (Activity for sense
of sight).
This is really a great activity
for young children to concentrate and play.
