Materials
Objects for touching, such as sandpaper, fur, wood, a block, a sponge, a zipper, etc. What to do
- Ask the children to name each object.
- Choose two children, one to put her hands behind her back and the other to select one of the objects and place it in the first child's hands. The challenge is to guess what the object iswithout looking and to think of a word to describe the object. You should encourage such words as fluffy, hard, scratchy, stretchy, etc.
- Repeat the game with another pair of children.
More to do
Games: Extend the activity with an imagination game. Ask, "What do you imagine these would feel like? Clouds? Dinosaur skin? Stars? Lava? Porcupines? Angel wings?" Make a list ofpossible word choices, such as bumpy, soft, squishy, tickly, prickly, fluffy, etc. Related books
Pat the Bunny by Dorothy Kunhardt
The Touch Me Book by Pat and Eve Witte Iris Rothstein, New Hyde Park, NY
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