Anti-Bias activity project for
children
Smelling Jars/cups
Themes: Five
Senses, Alike and Different
This activity will help children develop their awareness
through smell; introducing children to the smell of other cultures. Having the
children experience the smells that they aren’t use to can help them understand
more when they become friends with someone of a different culture. Having them
use all the 5 senses can be fun for them, knowing there are so many
different smells, touching to feel the textures of the seasoning, seeing the
beautiful colors, hearing the sound when you chops so shake the ingredients and
tasting all the yummy flavors.
Use small containers such as
margarine tubs, baby food jars, cups. Have all kinds of different smells, which
could be, spices, oils, incense, also seasoning like garlic power, pepper,
ginger anything that will have the kids wonder what they are smelling
Description
Place one ingredient in each
container. Tell the children you have some things for them to smell. Say “Some
may smell familiar or you may have smelled them at your house before”. Ask them
to close their eyes and smell what’s in the containers. Encourage the children
to guess the smells. Talk about how people all over the world use different
spices for cooking and have different smells in their homes. You can also ask
the children which smell they like the best. Children can guess what they think
it smells like; you can make some smells that they know adding fruit might be
an easy way for the younger children to guess what is in the jars.
You can
have to containers filled with the same smell and try to have the children
match them. Do a cooking project that includes some of the spices. Have the
children draw pictures of the spices. There is a lot of different projects you
can do with this activity.
Anti-Bias
goals
Teach
children about their own culture
Introduce
children to other cultures
Encourage
children to respect other cultures
I think this activity shows each of
these Anti-Bias goals. Each child can learn about each other and know that each
family does cook different and eat different foods. Most children are hands on learners at a young age, when doing this activity with the children they will know what their families can cook with and what their friends families also cook with. Respecting themselves and each others cultural are very important and showing them at a young age will help them understand as the get older.
Books
This book would help the children
with understanding all the different ingredient’s that people use to cook with.
It also shows that you can grow your own plants for spices. Children enjoy
doing outside activities if they grow their own vegetables; take care of them
so they grow than cook with them. They are able to see how these ingredients
become delicious meals.
This book gives the children chance
to make their own meals on their own. It’s also helps them with using different
ingredients, which cook doesn’t want to try what they cooked it, because they
used what they like to eat. This book would be great to use when you are
teaching your child about new cook idea’s so they are a part of that idea.
I choose this activity because, I
decided this activity would be fun hands on for children to experience. I like
that the kids can use their 5 senses to describe to smells, taste, color, and
texture. This activity will be great for ages five and six, because children of
this age will be asking a lot of questions and trying to make sense of the
world. They are beginning to explore different culture heritages and how other
culture live (RW pg 18) this activity will be great to do any time of the year.
Children enjoy cooking and experiencing with new things.
Single-Group Studies-This teaches the
children to learn about others culture and what they do at home. Having the
children try different spices is a great way for them to start exploring
outside of what they are custom too. (RW pg 133)
Multicultural Education- This gives
the children a message that is all right to be different and everyone gets to
choose how they want to live. Some children are afraid to learn beyond what
they have been taught at home. So providing a multicultural project can make
sure all the children feel equal. (RW pg
134)
Reference's
Wikipedia
Roots & Wings
Google
