- STEP 1: Sight: Observe your pencil. What does your pencil look like? If it is a drawing pencil, what number is it?
- STEP 2: Touch: Rub your pencil between your fingers. Notice how your pencil feels in your hand. Pretend you are about to draw and notice how your hand is holding the pencil.
- STEP 3: Sound: What sound does your pencil make as you tap it a few times on your paper? What does it sound like as you drag your pencil along to form a line?
- STEP 4: Smell: What does your pencil smell like? What does the smell of a pencil remind you of or make you think of?
- STEP 5: Taste: Do not taste your pencil. But using your other 4 senses, how do you imagine the pencil would taste?
LESSON IDEA:
In this warm-up students use their five (four) senses to observe their drawing implements. Use this to introduce a lesson that involves sketching or design.
EXTENSION:
After this warm up, ask students: how would you describe velvet to someone who is blind? Or, how would you describe birdsongs to someone who is deaf? This offers the opportunity to explore vocabulary in a tangible way.
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