Learning about our Sense of smell

Learning about the 5 senses is a lot of fun in Kindergarten.  Today we learned about the nose and looked at a variety of animal noses.  We talked about how our sense of smell triggers memories and helps us make connections between what we are smelling and something we may have experienced in the past.  

Today, we smelled 6 different scents.  Each person smelled the canister and then had think time without input from their peers to think about what they smelled.  After everyone smelled the canister we shared our ideas and tried to decide what we smelled.  Many groups passed the canister around again to see if they wanted to revise their prediction.  As a whole group we checked our ideas and giggled at our predictions!