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St. Patrick’s Sensory Bottle

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:  ​

St. Patrick’s Sensory Bottle
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Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed

Age Group:

Young Infants

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with mobile infants or toddlers.

St. Patrick’s Sensory Bottle

Objectives:  

Children will:

• develop sensory motor skill.
• explore new vocabulary.

CDA Competency Standard:   

II.4.3a

• Activities and materials encourage children to develop their senses
  • a) Sight, sound, smell, taste and touch experiences are encouraged through a variety of developmentally appropriate materials and activities

Materials: 

• empty water bottle
• water
• small green items (beads, small shamrocks, etc.)
• hot glue gun

Procedure: 

• Prepare for the activity by creating the sensory bottle.
  
• Insert the small green items into the water bottle.
  
• Fill the bottle with water.
  
• Hot glue the lid on.
• Place the children on their stomach and present the bottle to them.
  
• As they are exploring, give them new vocabulary words for what they seeing and experiencing. 

Assessment: 

• Observe and record the children’s reaction to the bottle. Did they show interest? Did they reach for or move the bottle?   

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