Theme The Five Senses This program will cover a five week time frame Week 1 Smell Week 2 Touch Week 3 Hearing Week 4 Sight Week 5 Taste Everything you need to know will be in this book so hopefully it will make programming easier for you. You Will need Week 1 Smell Onions, mint, cheese, apple, flowers, a tissue dipped in perfume, A cake of soap, garlic and so on. Fragrances in containers to make it easier. Copy of sheet Copy of sheet (see back of book), Glue Smelly Cards (see back of book), Glue, Scissors, Magazines. Week 2 Touch Crepe Paper Several boxes, items of different texture and feel. Newspaper Week 3 Hearing Chairs Music and CD Player CD with sounds Week 4 Sight Pretend jewellery Missing Jewellery list Cover sheet Pipe cleaners Week 5 Taste Animals shaped cookies or Animal Cards Tissue Paper Ingredients and cooking utensils for Popcorn, Marshmallows and Pancakes (see back of this book) Pre cut various food for food tasting 2
Theme The Five Senses Week 1 Smell Time Item Description Leader 00 Opening Parade Promise/Law/Prayer All 05 Game Blind Shoe Shuffle To play you ask the Joeys to take of their shoes. Blindfold them and mix their shoes around and they have to work out which is their shoes by smell and feeling the shoes. Once every Joey has two shoes ask them to remove their blindfold and see if they have their own shoes. Scarfs 15 Activity Smelling Trails Take it in turns to blindfold the children and give them each a turn at trying to identify a selection of the smelly things. A blindfold, Food with distinctive smells, such as onions, mint, cheese, apple, flowers, a tissue dipped in perfume, a cake of soap, garlic and so on. You could use fragrances in containers to make it easier. 30 Game Who s nose is that Ask the Joeys to try and work out who owns the nose. s Copy of sheet (see back of book) 40 Activity Smelly Card Ask the Joeys to go through the magazine and find pictures that show nice smelling things and yucky smelling things. Cut them out and stick them on their Smelly Cards. Smelly Cards (see back of book), Glue, Scissors, Magazines. 50 Song Pizza Hut Pizza Hut A pizza hut a pizza hut Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut A pizza hut a pizza hut Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut McDonalds McDonalds Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut McDonalds McDonalds Kentucky fried chicken and a pizza hut Actions Pizza Hut Arms make a circle then lift over your head into a triangle Kentucky Fried Chicken Chicken wings McDonalds Make Arch s with hands 55 Closing Promise/Law/Prayer All 3
Theme The Five Senses Week 2 Touch Time Item Description Leader Note 00 Opening Parade Promise/Law/Prayer All 05 Game Joey Tag Joeys place crepe paper in the back of their shorts as Joey tails. Ask the Joeys to run around a try to take the tails of other Joeys Crepe Paper 15 Activity What s in the Box Be careful of Joeys with Allergies You will need several boxes with a round hole in the top or side. Inside of box place various items such as feathers, carpet, sand, pasta etc. Ask Joeys to place hands inside the box and touch whatever is inside, they need to try and guess what is inside. Remember to keep the Joeys separated the ones that have touched and those that haven t. Several boxes, items of different texture and feel. 30 Game Newspaper Relay 2 pieces of paper per team. Two joeys stand on one piece of paper, swapping over from one to the other to move to the other end of the hall and then one Joey returns on the paper to get another Joey and moves down to the end of the hall. Repeating until they have made it down to the end of the hall Newspaper (you will need lots of paper to replace broken pieces) 40 Song Head and Shoulders Head and Shoulders Actions Head and shoulders, knees and toes, knees and toes, knees and toes. Head and shoulders, knees and toes We all clap hands together (or we all turn round together) Eyes and ears and nose and mouth, nose and mouth, nose and mouth Eyes and ears, nose and mouth we all clap hands Together (or we all turn round together) Point to body parts as you say them Go faster and see if the kids can keep up. Heads and shoulders, knees and toes Eyes and ears and mouth and nose Head and shoulders, knees and toes We all clap hands together (or we all turn round together) 50 Game Joey Knot Joey come in close, lifting their hands above their heads closing their eyes they grab each others hands until there are no hands loose. They then must untangle without letting go. 55 Closing Promise/Law/Prayer All 4
Theme The Five Senses Week 3 Hearing Time Item Description Leader 00 Opening Parade Promise/Law/Prayer All 05 Game Marco Polo Blindfold a Joey who calls out Marco and the other Joeys reply Polo the blindfolded Joey tries to catch a Joey using Marco Polo to locate Joeys. Set a boundary area and no running rules. Blindfold 15 Activity Chinese Whispers. Joeys sit in a circle and a leader whispers something to the Joey which is then whispered all around the circle. When it get s to the last Joey they repeat the whisper and see how different it is to the original message. 25 Song Going on a Bear Hunt Goin' On a Bear Hunt Goin' on a bear hunt. Goin to catch a big one. I'm not afraid. Look, what's up ahead? Mud! Can't go over it. Can't go under it. Can't go around it. Gotta go through it. Following verses: Sticks. Tree. Gate. River. Cave. Actions Audience echoes each line and sets up clap/ lap-slapping rhythm. Mud Making sloshing sounds and move hands as if Slogging Following verses: Sticks. Snap fingers. Tree. Make gestures climbing up and down. Gate. Make gate-opening gestures. River. Make swimming gestures. Cave. Go in it and find bear. Reverse all motions quickly to get home. 5
Theme The Five Senses Week 3 Hearing (Continued) Time Item Description Leader 35 Activity Musical Chairs 45 Game What sound is that? Place one chair per Joey in a circle. Tell the Joeys that when the Music starts they must move around the chairs and when the music stops sit on a chair. When music starts again remove a chair, Joey who doesn t get chair is eliminated. Continue until one chair is left, the Joey who gets this chair is the winner. Tape various sounds and play them to the Joeys asking them to name that sound - see CD 55 Closing Promise/Law/Prayer Theme The Five Senses Week 4 Sight Time Item Description Leader 00 Opening Parade Promise/Law/Prayer All 05 Game Treasure Hunt s Find some special items like jewellery and hide them around the Scout grounds. Tell the Joeys that someone has lost some items around the Scout Hall and needs some really clever Joeys to find them. When they find something they need to bring it back si that they can be checked of the Missing things list. Items to Hide around the hall as missing treasure 15 Activity Kim s Game Place several items on a table and ask the Joeys to look at these items and try and remember what they are. Cover the items and remove one item and then uncover and ask the Joeys to try and tell you what is missing s Items from treasure Hunt would be suitable 30 Game Eye Spy Pick out an object and then say to the Joeys I spy with my little eye something beginning saying the first letter of the object you have chosen. Ask the Joeys to raise their hands to have a turn. The Joeys that gets it right has the next go. 40 Activity Paper Glasses/ Boolookers s Take a pipe cleaner and make a circle out of it, repeat it with another pipe cleaner and join the two together with another pipe cleaner. Use two pipe cleaners to make the arms. Pipe Cleaners (see instructions at back) 55 Close Promise/Law/Prayer 6
Theme The Five Senses Week 5 Taste Time Item Description Leader 00 Opening Parade Promise/Law/Prayer All 05 Game Animal Crackers Fill a basket with a variety of animal shaped cookies wrapped in coloured tissue paper. Seat the Joey Scouts in a semi-circle. One at a time, each Joey Scout draws a package from the basket and takes it to the far corner of the hall to open it (have a leader/parent helper to assist.) The Joey Scout then returns to the circle and acts out the animal while everyone tries to guess what kind of animal it is. When all have guessed the next Joey Scout picks a cookie. Eat the cookies after everyone has had a turn. (Cookies could be replaced with animal picture card). 15 Activity Cooking You will need Parent help. You will need to set up 3 bases. 1. Popcorn 2. Marshmallows 3. Pancakes. See back for Detailed and s 45 Game What Taste is That? Note Check for food allergies Pre cut various types of foods and hide them under a cover. Ask the Joeys to sit in a circle and use their scarfs as a blindfold. Then ask the Joeys to taste a piece of food. Then ask them what they think it was. When they have all had a guess tell them what it was and move on to the next food item. Various food like fruits etc 55 Closing Promise/Law/Prayer Notes Any mistakes or suggestions please forward to Lower Hunter Joey District Leader NSW 7
Additional Information Popcorn You ll A bag of Popcorn. A Fry Pan Some Oil Place oil in fry pan and heat oil. Place popcorn in oil in pan and replace lid and wait. Once popping has commenced leave until popping slows down. Then turn of heat. Share around popcorn. Marshmallows You ll Marshmallows Candles Match s Skewers Place candle on sturdy base and light candle using match s (remember to strike away from your body). Place marshmallow on skewers and place on/in flame until marshmallow become brown then eat it. Glasses Take a pipe cleaner and make a circle out of it, repeat it with another pipe cleaner and join the two together with another pipe cleaner. Use two pipe cleaners to make the arms. You ll 5 pipe cleaners 8
Pancakes. You ll Pancake mix Fry Pan Oil Egg Flip Napkins. Heat fry pan and place a small amount of oil into pan. Pour a small amount of mixture into pan. When pancake starts bubble flip with egg flip. Cook for a little longer, then serve. Pancake Mix You ll 1 cup of plain flour 1 egg 11/4 cups milk Method: 1. Sift flour 2. Break egg 3. Make a well in the middle of the flour 4. Add egg (whole) 5. Stir in flour gradually from the sides 6. Add milk, a little at a time 7. When half the milk is used and the flour is moistened beat well to remove all lumps and make it light. 8. When quite smooth, add the remainder of the milk gradually (Best if allowed to stand before use) 9
SMELLY CARD SMELLS GOOD SMELLS YUCKY 10
Answers: A 7 B 5 C 6 D 4 E 8 F 1 G 3 H 2 I 9 Cover the answers with a piece of paper when photocopying 11
12