Toddlers are experimenting, thinking, solving problems and learning all the time. Through exploration and experimentation, children develop the ability to think, understand, communicate, imagine, and work out what might happen next. In September our cognitive development focus is on the five senses.
I filled our mystery can with big marshmallows. We shook the can and listened to the marshmallows bounce around using our sense of hearing. After taking the lid off – I gave the toddlers a peak of what was inside. We described the marshmallows as white, round, and bigger than tiny marshmallows.
The toddlers used their noses to use their sense of smell.
Every child got to choose one to use their sense of touch to feel and squish.
The best of the five senses was getting to taste the marshmallow!
We took our cognitive development focus one step further and put a lemon in the mystery can. We went through all five senses and compared the lemon to the marshmallow. The tasting resulted in some fun pictures.
Because our color of the month is yellow and our shape is circle – We used large lemons to do prints!
