I decided to take some of my perfume collection into school on the last day before half-term
for the end of day "show and tell" session.
As I took the dust cover off them and revealed all, they were fascinated by
all the various shapes and sizes. I had a few after -shaves to keep the boys happy too.
We discussed the shapes of the bottles (triangular prism - PI, spherical - Paris etc,) and they were
totally absorbed. Some even recognised the scents as ones their parents used.
I told them about the three stage composition of a perfume and how to store them etc.
I also let them a sniff of one or two on my wrist (have to be careful with asthma/allergies etc.)
and by the end the classroom smelled very strongly of "Y" in particular.
Next session i hope to get them to design a scent bottle and perhaps the juice in it too!!
I hope I have instilled in them a love of scents. It's never too young to start. They are 9 years old
by the way and very well-behaved, or wouldn't have risked it. Not exactly on the National Curriculum, but
fun nonetheless.
for the end of day "show and tell" session.
As I took the dust cover off them and revealed all, they were fascinated by
all the various shapes and sizes. I had a few after -shaves to keep the boys happy too.
We discussed the shapes of the bottles (triangular prism - PI, spherical - Paris etc,) and they were
totally absorbed. Some even recognised the scents as ones their parents used.
I told them about the three stage composition of a perfume and how to store them etc.
I also let them a sniff of one or two on my wrist (have to be careful with asthma/allergies etc.)
and by the end the classroom smelled very strongly of "Y" in particular.
Next session i hope to get them to design a scent bottle and perhaps the juice in it too!!
I hope I have instilled in them a love of scents. It's never too young to start. They are 9 years old
by the way and very well-behaved, or wouldn't have risked it. Not exactly on the National Curriculum, but
fun nonetheless.
)
