Texture: Sandpaper

This may be a tough project, but don’t let it wear you down.

Objectives

Children ages 4-5 years can put objects in order by texture Cog. IIIB
and they are able to paste and glue FM II
Children ages 3-4 can answer “How does it feel?” Cog. I
All children participating will be able to match identical textures.

Materials

Model strip of paper with sandpaper sheets glued in order from fine to rough; paper bags with sample sheets of each grade of sandpaper inside; long papers marked into sections.

Procedures

1. Seat children around a table. Give children the model of sandpaper grade to feel and pass around. Attention should be drawn to differences in each sandpaper sample. For younger children, focus on the actual process of feeling with fingers, using descriptive words like rough, smooth, bumpy, scratchy, soft, hard, and slippery.

2. Give each child a bag containing sandpaper pieces to match those on the model. The child feels the first texture (smoothest) on the model strip and then reaches into the bag, trying to pull out the matching grade of sandpaper. Older children can proceed according to the order of roughness. Younger children can match any textures they pull out of the bags with the corresponding textures on the sample.

3. If a child succeeds in ordering the sandpaper textures by using the model as a reference, have them try ordering textures from smooth to rough without the model.

4. Children can glue in order the pieces of sandpaper from their bags onto paper and take home.