Sense of Sight

Here is an overdue post...it was supposed to be the first one before sense of hearing...but it is better late than never... :)

To introduce the Five Senses, we started with the song from the Australian group “Hi-5” and played the five senses song from their “All About Me” episode. She liked the song so much that she danced to it as well.

For this lesson, I prepared activities that would let her use her eyes.  The following are the activities that I was able to prepare with the help of online research.

1. Treasure Hunt

2. Eyesight Hunt Checklist

3. Exploring with her Binoculars and with her colored-telescope

4. Exploring with a magnifying glass

TREASURE HUNT: I took pictures of things I wanted her to look for around the house. I also included items that she is not familiar with so she would know what they are called. Here, I included a plate number from our family’s motorcycle. I printed out the pictures on board paper and attached it to a ring. She looked for the items around the house using her homemade binoculars.

EYESIGHT HUNT CHECKLIST: I prepared different eyes showing various emotions. This was another “hunting” mission. She likes to have mission activities. Here, she looked for the eyes hidden around our “study time” area. When she found the eyes, she attached it to the checklist and checked it.

EXPLORING WITH THE BINOCULARS:  We went outside for this activity and looked around the place. This is best if you live in a community where there are parks and areas for nature walks. You can go around and explore the area and use the binoculars to spot birds or even insects. You can do the same using magnifying glass. Here, we had daddy Gil tag along with us. She loves to do things with her dad and whenever he is around, I make sure to include him in the activities.  

SNACK TIME: We prepared yummy crackers with cream cheese and raisins. We made creamy eyes for snack time since our lesson was about the sense of sight! :) 

We did not do these activities in a day…you can do activities for an hour and a half to two hours but if your children are still energetic and want more, then you can add a couple of more activities then let them take a nap! Hahaha!

Quality time should not be expensive and stressful. You can use what you have around the house to teach and have fun with your kids.

If your children attend a preschool already, you can extend their activities or add activities from the lesson they are learning using everyday items at home.

  

*I will copy the links next time and share it with you too mommies so you would know where to look for other activities.