Have the children close their eyes. Place on each tongue a bit of salt. How many know what it was? Do the same with a bit of sugar, a bit of vinegar, a bit of nutmeg.
Tuesday
Conversation on Taste:
How do we taste? What have we in the mouth that helps us to taste? (Tongue.) What becomes of what we eat after it has been chewed? Do we taste food after it has been swallowed?
(Have the children test this by actual experiment, with an apple, or some other eatable with pronounced taste.) Tell the children about the taste-buds on the tongue that help us to tell the flavor of what we take into the mouth.
Wednesday
Have the children close their eyes. Allow each child to smell cologne, vinegar, a lemon, and an onion. How many can tell by the scent what each is?
Thursday
Conversation on Smelling: