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This is our spice bin but we use the spice rack as well!
Take down your spice rack and sit on your kitchen floor. Smell the spices one by one. They may want to help take the caps on and off or hold the spices. This can be messy! They will be amazed and surprised at all the different smells. Discuss your senses and how you smell through your nose and taste with your mouth. You can tell them this is only smelling time or open it up to the sense of taste as well.

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This became a favorite activity for my kids. I started saving all my old spice jars and put them in a large plastic bin with a top. I also asked friends to give me their empty spice containers. Then I can take out the bin and let them open and close the containers and smell them on their own. They love the smelling of the spices and the challenge of trying to open and close the containers.

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Lastly, I was surprised at how much my daughter like finding which jar went with which container. This was a bonus I hadn't thought of. Then I purposely added different sizes to the bin with tops.

Hope you enjoy this activity!
Leave comments when you try it!


 


Comments

Karen

11/06/2011 1:33:31 pm

Thank you very much for these ideas, they will be really useful. Fan website (-:

 



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