What Do I Smell?

 

Different things have different smells. We can use our sense of smell to identify various substances. Children will experience the sense of smell.

Materials

• ~ Baby Food Jars
• ~ Paper Towels
• ~ Things to Smell Such As: Vanilla Extract, Lemon Extract, Cloves, Mustard, Fried Bacon, Onions, Garlic, Peanut Butter, Etc...

Instructions

• ~ Place a wadded-up paper towel in the bottom of each baby food jar. Put a different subject for smelling in each jar.
• ~ Allow the children, while blindfolded, to smell and guess what the odors are?
• ~ Talk about the smells. How are they alike and how are they different? Is the smell sour, sweet or spicy? Can you identify the substance in the jar by smell?