Materials
Variety of scented items, such as lemon, orange, peanut butter, chocolate, vinegar, spaghetti sauce, bubble gum, banana, etc.
Small film or yogurt containers
Cotton balls
Blindfolds What to do
- Place pieces of fruit in a container or put the liquid scents on cotton balls and put these into the containers and cover them.
- Explain to the children how a "bee" works, and then blindfold a child and let her guess what the scent is, smelling-bee style. Smells can get very soncentrated, so wait a moment afteryou take the lid off before you let the child take a sniff.
- Older children can help each other at an independent workstation and can bring in their own scents to add variety. Of course scents should be approved by the teacher first, as some scents couldbe hazardous, such as alcohol, ammonia, bleach.
More to do
Language: Write the names of the scents on a paper plate or on construction paper. Vicki Whitehead, Ft. Worth, TX | 
