Something stinks....Peeeww it's you!!!

Tonight we had a good time smelling my socks. I took the idea from the Family Literacy Projects on a Budget training I attended last year that had totally good ideas for storytime.

Smelly Socks: Different Scents on Socks
Materials: socks, variety of scents such as vanilla, lemon, onion, cinnamon, garlic, peanut butter, etc. anything that will make a stench.
Step 1: Add a different scent to each sock to give the different odors.
Step 2: Have a child smell a sock and guess its scent

I used a variety of scents from pickle juice, ketchup, grape jelly and placed the socks individual bags with labels. I called each child up and they gave me some crazy faces and interesting scent guesses. Totally enjoyed it!

I read tonight the first two books:

• Dog Breath: the Horrible Trouble of Hally Tosis by Dav Pilkey
  
• I Stink by Kate and Mike McMullan
• Stinky Smelly Feet: a love story by Margie Palatini
  
• Gorgonzola: a very stinkysaurus by Margie Palatini
• Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup
• Mary Smith by A U'Ren ( ok it doesn't smell but the idea of shooting peas at people was appealing)
• Nosy Rosie by Holly Keller
  
• Alison's Zinnia by Arnold Lobel
• Sweet Dream Pie by Audrey Wood
• Walter the Farting Dog by William Kotzwinkle (if only my library system would buy this book-totally funny

Have a stinky day!