Module 1 • School Readiness 3.6.3 Tactile, gustatory and olfactory perception
Tactile perception – touch perception Discuss the following questions with the child: • What is the function of our skin? • How can we take care of our skin? • With what can we feel? (hands, tongue, lips and feet) • What do we feel? (hard/soft, wet/dry, warm/cold) • Vocabulary: rough, smooth, small, sticky, heavy, etc.
DEFINITION
Tactile perception is the observation and the interpretation of information received through the skin (feeling) and fingertips (touch) that is sent to the brain
Exercises: • The child is not allowed to look. Give him an object and he must feel what it is. Make use of a “feely bag” with objects that he must describe.
• Let the child feel different textures and then describe what it feels like – introduce words such as hard, soft, rough, smooth, wet, warm, cold.
• Give a shape to the child (behind his back) and he must guess what shape it is. • Draw a figure on his back and he must guess what shape it is.
Olfactory perceptions – smell perception Language development and expanding knowledge • What can we do with our nose? • How does our nose help us? • How must we care for our nose? • Which smells do you like? Not like? Why? Why not? • What is the purpose of the hair in our nose? • Vocabulary: deaf, hard of hearing, stinks, smells pleasant, etc.
DEFINITION
Olfactory perception is the observation and interpretation of information received through the nose (smell) that was sent to the brain
Exercises: • Let the child close his eyes and then identify fruits and vegetables by smelling them. Lemons, onions and others have specific smells.
• Draw the child’s attention to certain smells throughout the day: smell of food; flowers in the garden; smoke; perfume.
Gustatory perception – taste perception Language development and expanding knowledge • What do we use our tongue for? • How can our tongue help us? • Does everything taste the same? How does it taste? (sour, bitter, sweet, salt) • Vocabulary: tongue, taste, nice, sweet, sour, bitter, salty.
Exercises: • Without looking, taste food, and guess what it is. • Are the following sour or sweet? Lemon
Chocolate
Sweets Vinegar
DEFINITION
Gustatory perception is the observation and interpretation of information that is received through the tongue (taste) and then sent to the brain
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