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In this lesson your child will learn about different materials (wood, plastic, metal, rubber, glass, paper, and fabric) . They will use words to describe what materials look like, feel like, and smell like. Your child will have fun organizing everyday objects by the material they are made from.
In this lesson your child will learn about different materials (wood, plastic, metal, rubber, glass, paper, and fabric) . They will use words to describe what materials look like, feel like, and smell like. Your child will have fun organizing everyday objects by the material they are made from.
Learning goals for today's lesson:
I can name a few different materials.
I can describe what the material looks like, feels like, and smells like.
I can organize different objects by the material they are made from.
You will need:
You will need:
A piece of wood, glass, plastic, metal, paper, rubber, and fabric.
A Shoe box filled with everyday objects made from different materials (at least two from each category), here are a few examples:
Wood - a pencil, popsicle stick, chopsticks, toy block.
Metal - steel spoon, a screw, key, dinky car.
Paper - book, newspaper, paper bag, piece of paper towel.
Rubber - eraser, elastic band, rubber glove, ball.
Plastic - pencil sharpener, red solo cup, pen, Lego.
Optional: a pencil and a piece of paper for writing.
Advice: No need to go out and buy these materials if you do not own them already. Take a look around your home. I am sure you will find another object made from the material you are looking for!
Advice: No need to go out and buy these materials if you do not own them already. Take a look around your home. I am sure you will find another object made from the material you are looking for!
Step 1:
Step 1:
Watch, The Texture Song by Scratch Garden
Step 2:
Step 2:
Discuss one material at a time - a piece of wood, glass, plastic, metal, paper, rubber, and fabric.
Let your child use their own words to answer:
What does the material look like?
What does it feel like?
What does it smell like?
Do you know what this material is? (Let them try to figure it out before telling them!)
Step 3:
Step 3:
Using the shoe box filled with everyday objects, ask your child to organize the objects by the material they are made from. Let them look, feel, smell, and think about each of the materials.
Step 4:
Step 4:
Once they have all of the objects organized by material, get your child to explain how they organized the objects.
Ask questions like: "I see that you placed the popsicle stick with the toy block, why? "
If your child seems confused, do not worry! Together you can figure out a different way to organize the objects.
Step 5 (optional):
Step 5 (optional):
Ask your child to make labels for the materials that they organized. Sound out the spelling for wood, metal, paper, rubber, plastic. Even if they can only write the first letter that's a great accomplishment.
Hope you had fun today! See you tomorrow
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