A Cup of Tea

This was my assistant's idea to do some sensory activity and make an arts activity from the tea leaves. The children were happy to feel the tea leaves, smell the scent of it, and played with it for a while. Then we gave each of them the bear, (we are into the Brown bear, Brown bear, what do you see?), spread the glue into it, and sprinkled some tea leaves over it. The result: A very nice brown bear, and the children were practicing their sensory (touch different things, soft and rough at the same time) and the sense of smell. At the end, we put the tea leaves in the water, and watched the water turn brown. All my student are 18 mos to 2 years old.