Experimenting, exploring, creating and communicating through the activity is more important than expecting the children to achieve an end goal - for example, being able to correctly identify a scent.
Cinnamon shapes
* Give the children sheets of sandpaper, using sheets of various roughness.
* Invite them to make marks on the sandpaper using cinnamon sticks, and encourage them to smell their creations.
* Cut the scented sandpaper into shapes and punch a hole in them to make necklaces or Christmas tree decorations.
* As an alternative, you could use other aromatic materials to 'draw' on sandpaper - for example, scented soaps or scented candles.
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