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
Instructions
1. Place pieces of fruit in a container or put the liquid scents on cotton balls and put these into thecontainers and cover them.
2. Explain to the children how a "bee" works, and then blindfold a child and let her guess whatthe scent is, smelling-bee style. Smells can get very concentrated, so wait a moment after youtake the lid off before you let the child take a sniff.
3. Older children can help each other at an independent workstation and can bring in their ownscents to add variety. Of course scents should be approved by the teacher first, as some scentscould be hazardous, such as alcohol, ammonia, bleach.More to doLanguage: Write the names of the scents on a paper plate or on construction paper.
