S is for Senses. . . the sense of taste and smell

Letter: S

Number: 5

Purpose: to discuss the sense of taste and smell and why they are so important.

We started the lesson by reading another book about our five senses.

Of course we reviewed the five senses by watching the Dr. Binoc show again. My kids are obsessed.

We started by talking about the sense of taste first.
This is kind of a silly activity, but the kids loved it, we closed our eyes and the other person would place jelly beans in our mouth, and we had to guess what flavor and/or color they were.

 

We then talked about taste buds and why food can taste different.

I used salt, sugar, vinegar, mild taco bell sauce (they would not try that one), and lime juice.

We then talked about smell. 

I honestly just grabbed random things and we smelled them.

 

 For our craft we traced our pencil names with glue and sprinkled apple flavored Jello on it.

(don't be surprised if you find your kid licking off the jello after it's dried, or before) ;-)

 Another pretty simple lesson, but I was surprised how well Peyton traced his name with glue, since I've never been able to get him to write his name before. And of course the Jelly Beans were a favorite!

 

 

S is for Senses. . . the sense of touch

This is a continuation for our lesson on the 5 senses focusing on the sense of Touch.

Letter: S

Number: 5

Purpose: To focus on the sense of touch, and why it is so important.

 

We went over the five senses again with Mr. Potato Head and watching the Dr. Binoc's video again.  

We then went into detail about the sense of touch. Hot/Cold, Wet Dry, Rough/Smooth, Sticky/Slick etc.
I found this old video of Jiminy Cricket teaching us about the sense of touch, that I thought did a great job explaining what the sense of touch is.

For the craft we traced our hands, and glued different textures to the finger tips. I used cotton lining, a puffy sticker, sand paper, a penny, and a noodle on mine, but you can honestly use anything.

 

For the activity we played with playdough. 

This lesson was pretty simple, but Peyton loved the hand he made!

 

 

 

S is for Senses. . . 5 Senses (unit 1)

Overview of the Five Senses

Letter of the day: S

Number of the day: 5

Purpose of this Lesson: Help your child learn their five senses and why it is important we need our senses.

This is a big Unit to cover, so I split it up into 4 lessons. Over two weeks. (I typically do 2 lessons a week).
We didn't have an actual Mr. Potato Head, so I made cut outs with construction paper and laminated them to make our own. (I did buy a laminater a few months ago, but do not feel like you need to by one).

I had the kids choose a body part and stick it on the Potato's body. We discussed every body part that we put on and their different functions.
After that we read the book: My Five Senses, by Aliki, which they also have on youtube if you did not have access to your local library.

I found a poem on pinterest and made a flip book with pictures to help them memorize it. I could not figure out how to put the word document onto the blog, so if you are interested in getting a copy leave a comment with your e-mail and I can e-mail it to you.

We watched this video from Youtube

 

I know Dr. Binocs is kind of weird, but my kids love him and it's educational.

For our activity we popped popcorn and used our 5 senses to learn about popcorn. 

For the 5 senses popcorn printable click here.

 

My kids colored a picture with the five senses graphics. I like these simple coloring page, because then I put it up on Peyton's display board, that way he see's it and tells me about it all week.

 

I made different Mr. Potato pieces for P to play with after preschool.

 

We didn't do this during preschool, but just for fun another day. We watched this barney video. . .

 

There are more lessons to come in this Unit. . . Stay Tuned!

Below is the picture I used for their coloring sheet that I found on google images.

R is for Rainbow

I started preschool where our joy-school left off. R. R is for Rainbows.

Letter of the day: R

Number of the day: 7

Purpose of this lesson: to teach how rainbows are formed and the colors that are in the rainbow.

The kids sit on placemats I found at Walmart. Sometimes we start with a welcome song like; "hello, name", or "hi, hello, and how are you?" Then we jump right into talking about the letter of the day. I use the letter on the board and they are supposed to find the same letter on their letter page. We then sing the alphabet song and shout the letter of the day when we get to it. For the number of the day, I usually just draw something that the kiddos have to count.

 

For this lesson I started with this song found on youtube. . .

 

We reviewed the colors of the rainbow. We then watched this youtube video about how a rainbow is formed. . . 

 

We did a color sort with fruit loops with pages that look like this. . .  

 After they sorted colors, they made rainbows by gluing the fruit loops on this printable.

 The second day we did preschool. We reviewed everything we learned the first day. And then we watched this video of Earnest Borgnine reading "The Rainbow Fish." You could just check this book out and read it too.

After the video/reading the story. We used watercolors and painted this printable of the rainbow fish.

 

After naptime we went out side to go on a "color hunt". Where we walked around and checked off anytime we found the color on the paper.

 

Peyton is obsessed with Rainbows now. Every morning our kitchen window creates a window on our kitchen floor. He is sure to tell me every time he sees it. 

Here are some of his pieces he did. . .

 

I've done a lesson C is for Color too, and I've gotten some fun ideas for that as well. 

The first is the clean way to finger paint. All you need is white cardstock, a plastic bag and red, blue, and yellow globs of paint. The kids can mix colors without the mess.
The second is an activity from the brown bear book. the printable can be found here. 

Enjoy teaching your kids about colors and Rainbows, I hope they have as much fun as my kids had!

Welcome to my new blog, Preschool in Pajamas!

I started doing a (joyschool) preschool, with some other moms in my neighborhood. Where each mom took a week and taught. It was so much fun, but it became difficult with baby's schedules, spring and summer vacations, and with the weather warming up kids were ready to be outside.

 

So in April we decided to call it quits.
I still wanted to do something, since Olivia just seemed to start get interested in her letters, numbers, color and drawing. And I felt like Peyton is finally getting the hang of it, so I wanted to keep reinforcing what we are learning, by continuing our education until he officially starts preschool in the fall.
I decided to start posting what we do for preschool. What we do is pretty simple and quick. I figured if you have a printer, access to the internet, or something to color with, You could really do any of these things too.

Preschool in Pajamas is great for us, because we aren't super structured, my house doesn't need to be clean, and we do it when we want. Best of all we don't have to get dressed!!!

Yes, you will see many pictures of my kids in their pajamas still, and hair that looks like they just got out of bed. And if there were pictures of me, I would look the same, only without a bra. I'm not planning on having any pictures of me. :)

I'm hoping this is helpful for those who want to start doing little lessons here and there on letters, numbers, colors, and anything else we want to learn about.