Materials
5" x 6" paper stapler fabric with different textures (fur, burlap, corduroy, felt, silk, satin, boucle, wool, cotton, and so on) variety of other textured materials (corrugated material, bubble wrap, sandpaper, foil, feathers, cellophane, and thin wood pieces or sandpaper) glue marker
Instructions
1. Make blank books for each child by stapling together five or six pieces of 5" x 6" paper. Give one to each child.
2. Put out a variety of textured materials for the children to choose from. Encourage the children to choose the textures they like and glue one on each page of their books.
3. Sit with each child and go through his book. Ask the child to touch each texture and use a word to describe how it feels. Help the child write the word next to the texture.
4. Now they have an interactive book that they can touch and read!5. As a group, discuss some of the words that were used to describe the different textures in the books.
