M2 Tactile Activity Thermic Explorations

M2
Sensorial Activity-05
Tactile Activity
Thermic Explorations
© GEAR Foundation 2021 GEAR Innovative International School GEM+/Ay 2021- 22/Sen/M2/Act-05 1
Intent behind this activity:
This activity is intended towards helping the

child explore and understand the concept of
temperature. The child uses his/her/their
tactile sense to discriminate temperatures.
The thermic sense of the child refines
through analysis and verbalisation of
experience. The thermic sense takes the
tactile sense a step further and teaches the
child to distinguish temperature. This will
help the child improve their understanding
about their surroundings, language,
reasoning and analysis.
Activity 1: Thermic exploration using water
This activity is to help your child understand the concept of

temperature by exploring water at various temperature.
Materials Needed:
● Table
● Tray
● Cloth
● Four Steel Tumblers
● Cold water, Warm water, a little Hot water and water
at room temperature.
● Napkin to clean spills.
Caution: Please heat the water only to the extent the child
can touch and understand . Check once before giving it to the
child to explore.
Activity 1 : Continued …….
Setting up the activity :
● Choose a appropriate area at home for this activity as

it involves use of water.
● Place the tray on the table.
● Place 4 steel glass in a row on the tray.
● Parents are required to fill the glasses with cold, room
temperature, warm, hot water respectively.
● Keep a dry cloth beside the tray so as to clean the
spills.
Activity 1: Continued..
Steps to follow:
● Give your child tumbler with water at room temperature. Let the child feel it by
placing both hands around it as shown in the picture
● Next guide your child to touch the tumbler with cold water. Ask the child how it
feels. Give the word “Cold, it is cold”.
● Ask your child to again touch the tumbler with room temperature before
touching the next tumbler.
● Continue the same with Warm and Hot water tumblers. Give the name for each
temperature.
● Ask your child to touch the tumbler with water at room temperature every time
before exploring other tumblers.
● Let your child explore as long he/she/they want.
Activity 2: Prepare your own bath water
Materials Needed:
● A bucket of hot water Note: Be careful about child
● A bucket of cold water being near hot water
● A mug
How to do:
● When your child is ready for bath. Have cold water in one bucket and hot water in another. Let your
child dip his/her hand in the bucket with cold water. Ask your child is the water okay for bath. You
may say, “the water is too cold now, let's make it warm for our bath.”
● Then add one mug hot water to the cold water bucket. Let the child feel the change in temperature.
Ask each time “Is the water fine to have bath?”
● Keep on adding hot water into the cold water bucket one mug at a time.
● Ask your child to analyse the temperature of water if it is ready for bath, (please check the
temperature along with the child.)
Activity 3: Segregating warm and cold tomatoes:
Materials Needed:
● 10 tomatoes
● 2 big bowl
How to do:
● Give some tomatoes to your child morning and ask
her/him to keep it in the fridge. And sametime give Tomatoes in refrigerator
some more tomatoes to your child and ask your child
keep under the sunlight. (if there is no sun, wash the
tomatoes with warm water to make them warm)
● After 1 hours encourage your child to get all
tomatoes from fridge and sunlight.
● Later guide your child to mix all tomatoes in one
tray/ basket.
Tomatoes in Sun
Continued…..
● Ask your child pick up one tomato from the basket . Let your
child feel the temperature of the tomato.
● Guide your child to keep cold tomatoes in one bowl and warm
ones in another, as shown.
Warm tomatoes Cold tomatoes
Note: Once your child take tomatoes from refrigerator and sunlight immediately child
have to work the activity.
Activity 4: Does not belong to.
This activity is to help your child analyse based on temperature, what does not belong to the group. Encourage your
child to draw an ‘X’ over the item that doesn't go with the rest.
Activity 5: Ice cube painting:
Materials needed:
● Paper
● Colours
● Ice cream sticks or tooth pick
● Paints
● Ice tray
Setting up the activity:
● Guide your child to put little paint in a slot of the ice tray.(each slot with
different colour)
● Then pour some water in the slots.
● Then keep the popsicle stick, and put it in the freezer.
● Once the ice is formed, let your child explore painting using the colourful
popsicles.
● Do share with us the masterpiece made by your child.
Story Time
Please read or help your child read

the story “Sneezy Snowman” by
Maureen Wright
You can also make it more
interesting by muting the audio and
reading it in your own way. You can
change your voice tone, facial
expressions and also include
actions while reading.
Observation : If you are using the G Classroom Mobile App, kindly select the option to edit on the
top right hand side. In the edit mode kindly check the appropriate box.
In activity 1, was your child able to identify different temperatures (Hot, Yes No
Cold, Warm)
In activity 2, was your child able to guide to make his/her own bath Yes No
water?
In activity 3, was your child able to sort cold and warm tomatoes? Yes No
In activity 4, was your child able to independently identify what does not Yes No
belong to the group ?
In activity 5, Did your child explore painting using ice popsicles? Yes No

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This activity is intended towards helping the

This activity is to help your child understand the concept of

Setting up the activity :

● Choose a appropriate area at home for this activity as

Warm tomatoes Cold tomatoes

Please read or help your child read

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