Sense: Touch

Children have a naturally keen sense of touch. This game helps them rediscover that sense.

Objectives

Children ages 4-5 can use problem solving to perform a variety of actions on an object to determine its nature such as shaking, smelling, and touching Cog. I
Children ages 3-4 can use texture, shape, weight, and size to describe and identify an object Cog. I
and children ages 1-1 ½ years can name several common objects Lang. IB
Children participating will be able to identify several common objects by touch alone

Materials

Blindfold; bag filled with objects found around home or classroom such as toothbrush, comb, rock, shell, block, apple, banana, hat, paintbrush, pinecone, scissors, pencil, crayon, etc.

Procedures

l. Seat children in a circle. Tell them that they will have to feel to guess what they are holding. (Seating them around a table keeps them from moving and changing places.)

2. Choose one child to come up, be blindfolded, and take something from the bag. If she does not identify the object by touch immediately, ask if it's hard/soft, big/little, round/pointed, heavy/light, etc. If the child does make a guess immediately, ask why she thinks so. Take off the blindfold and let her see if she was right.

3. Talk about how they are using their brains and sense of touch to figure out what they are holding.

NOTE: For younger children, show them 5 objects and have them identify each one. Blindfold the child and place one of these objects in their hands for identification by touch only.