Anti-Bias Activity

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.

 

                                                  Materials

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.

 Extension Activity

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.

 Human Relations-This activity is a great way to have children from all different ethnic groups. (RW pg 132) each child learn different and is raised different so having this as an equal activity I think they will enjoy it.

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

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