MAGIC PENCIL WEBNOTES

SMELL AND TELL      - a mystery fruit bag -

A lesson plan by Elena Malec

Do a three period lesson for :  apple and pear;

lemon and orange,

peach and plum.

Have the children feel and smell the fruit. Pass the fruit around the circle and let children weigh them in their hand.

Place fruit in a paper bag and do a   blindfold game or a mystery bag smell and tell guessing game.

VARIATION: similar fruit; (peach/nectarine,lemon/lime,berries,etc

DIRECT AIM: senses discrimination.

INDIRECT AIM: fruit discrimination.

EXTENSION: Fruit tasting.

Snack time can be fun with fruit tasting and name guessing. Better when snack is followed by free play. Cut up in  bite pieces the fruit in the mystery bag. Have a child blindfolded and offer him  pieces of fruit and ask him to guess the names. Let children take turns in trying to guess.

This exercise can be done year-round with the fruit in season. It is ideal for Practical Life, Sensorial and Language exercises for 2 - 4 year olds.