Kids' Game: Dr. Sleuth's Five Senses Mystery Club - TEACHER'S VERSION
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Kids will be challenged to explore their five senses through art, music, dance, science, math, literature. |
HOW IT WORKS : The
Five Senses Mystery Club is divided into several 40-minute sessions (over 10
hours of projects!) that can take place in one room. This Mystery Club game
has been researched and written by educator Laura Cole who offers valuable
teaching tips throughout the game. While she originally wrote this as an after-school
club, the Five Senses Mystery Club also works perfectly as an in-class unit.
You will set up several Mission Stations in the
room. Each mission will challenge your sleuths to explore their five senses
through art, music, dance, science, math, literature and much, much more.
We recommend that sleuths
travel in groups of 2-4 members and
spend about 10 minutes on each mission. The number of stations that you set
up depends on the number of sleuths and the amount of time you have. If you
have a very large group, consider setting up multiple stations with the same
mission so that everyone gets an opportunity to complete all of that day’s
challenges. Sessions can be shortened or lengthened easily depending on your
schedule. You select the number of missions you want the kids to complete.
There are 4 to 5 missions for each sense plus 8 missions to introduce the kids
to the game and 5 missions to summarize what the kids have learned so far about
their senses.
THE MYSTERY CLUB FORMAT
Option A
(Several 45 minute-1 hour Meetings)
As with your home or classroom, this club relies on consistency
and routine. Each Mystery Club session follows the same format. People tend
to perform best when the expectations are clear and familiar.
Here’s the suggested format for a 45-minute session.
Adjust the time spent at the stations according to your time requirements:
5-7 minutes: Introduce and explain Missions
30-35 minutes: Complete Missions spending 10 minutes at each station.
5-7 minutes: Whole group culminating activity (a list of these is included)
THE MYSTERY CLUB FORMAT Option B
(One 2-3 hour Meeting)
This works great if you are using Mystery Club for a party
or on a rainy day. Simply divide the time into two sessions lasting from about
45-90 minutes with a fun snack time in between. The first half will feature
missions from the Intro To The Five Senses session and end with a
15-25 minute snack break. The second half can either feature a variety of missions
selected from each week in order to focus on each of the five senses independently,
or can feature one of the missions from the Come To Your Senses sessions.
Break the time down like this:
First Half:
5-10 minutes: Introduce and explain first half Missions
30-60 minutes: Complete Missions spending 10 minutes at each station.
10-20 minutes: Set the group up with an aromatic snack like popcorn or garlic
bread or cinnamon rolls. Yum!!!
While they snack, set-up for the second half of Missions.
You can either:
A. Set-up 5 more Missions, choosing one from each sense
OR
B. Choose one Mission from the Come to Your Senses section for your
sleuths to work on for an hour.
Second Half:
5-10 minutes: Introduce and explain second half Mission or Missions
30-60 minutes: Complete Mission or missions spending 10 minutes at each station.
10-20 minutes: Culminate with one of the Whole Group Activities (list included
in this kit)
AGE RANGE: Grades K through
3rd grade aka 5-8 year olds. However, there are enough activities provided that
will challenge sleuths up to about 10-12 depending on their sleuthing skills.
EXAMPLE
- MISSION:
Treat Garlands. Use these garlands to decorate a bush or tree.
These make lovely treats for all your woodland friends. You will need:
- Day old bread cut into quarters or cubes.
- Oranges, sliced then cut into quarters
- Apples, sliced then cut into quarters
- Heavy-duty thread or yarn cut into
1 ½ ‘ lengths.
- Plastic yarn needles
Set up the stations so that each sleuth can thread their yarn
with all as many goodies as they like. Encourage them to create a pattern with
the treats.
PRE-GAME PREP TIME: Weekly
prep will take about 1 hour (includes shopping
for supplies, reading and prepping the materials).
You mostly need to print the documents included
with the kit, buy supplies (mostly office type supplies,
arts and craft items and books). Our facilitator guide provides a supply
checklist for you.
THIS FIVE SENSES MYSTERY
GAME INCLUDES FRIENDLY, HELPFUL SUPPORT ALONG WITH MASTER COPIES OF:
- Our easy to follow facilitator guide, instructions and supply
list. We provide handy links to online web sites that sell the books we
recommend for this game.
- All the 5 senses missions
These supporting documents:
- 5 Senses Chart
- Find the Twins - Clowns
- Find the Twins - Silly Walter
- Morse Code
- Weekly Letter Home
From Cars, Planes, Trains Fun Book, by Tony
and Tony Tallarico, 1994. Kidsbooks, Inc.
WHAT YOU WILL
NEED TO BUY/PROVIDE: Arts and craft
supplies (crayons, glue, children's scissors, paper, Play Dough,
etc.), books and music (we provide links to these on Amazon
or you can see if your local library has them), old magazines
& newspapers, some food items, a digital camera and other inexpensive, easy to find items.
Our facilitator guide will provide a check list for you and links to online
resources.
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