Age: From 1 years old
Activity Duration: 5-10 minutes
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Objective(s):
1. To refine the child’s sense of smell.
2. To increase the child’s understanding and vocabulary of different smells.
Materials:
1. 4 containers with lid containing with items with strong aroma (I use Chinese tea, Earl Grey, Coffee powder and chocolate powder)
2. 1 tray
Directions:
1. Demonstrate to your child by smelling each of the container, and then describe the smell.
2. Encourage your child to try.
Video Demonstration:
Additional Information:
I chose to use tea, firstly because they are items which give strong pleasant smell, secondly because it is available in our home and lastly because tea is an important part of Chinese culture.
To reflect our cross-cultural family, I use both Chinese tea and English Early Grey (I ran out of Danish tea) and included also coffee and chocolate powder, or rather specifically carob powder.
I recycled the baby food containers that I have bought to store home-made baby food for this activity, but you can also use store-bought baby food jars.
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