What do you know about the five senses?

Five Senses

Let’s Sing! Five Senses 

 (Tune: Where is Thumbkin)  Five senses, five senses  We have them. We have

them.  Seeing, hearing, touching,

 Tasting and smelling.  There are five. There are

five.

What can we do with our senses?

We can….SeeHearTouchTasteSmell

We see with our eyes

What do you see?In our classroom I see a…At my house I see a…At the beach I see…When I go to my Grandparent’s I see…In Africa I might see a…On the playground I see…In a museum I might see…

ReflectionLook into your mirror! Do you see your reflection! It looks just like a picture of you! What happens if you breath on your mirror, what do you see? What happens if you use your mirror to look out the door, what do you see? Draw what you see in your mirror!

We hear with our ears

What do you hear?In our classroom I hear…At the zoo I hear…At the swimming pool I hear…In my house I hear…In the rainforest I hear…When playing soccer I hear…When I close my eyes I hear…

Listening WalkWe’re going to take a walk outside! This is going to be a special walk, a listening walk. I want you to keep your lips zipped and listen to all of the sounds you hear on our walk. What did you hear on our walk? Did you like the sounds you heard? What was a sound you didn’t like? Why did you like or dislike some sounds?

We touch with our hands

What can you touch?

On my table I can touch…In my bed I can touch…At the grocery store I can touch…When I touch a blanket it feels…When I touch a tree trunk it feels…When I touch a sucker it feels…When I touch jello it feels…

Texture BoxThere is a texture box on your table! One at a time you will pick out an item, think about what it feels like to touch it. What do your hands and fingers tell you about this item? Is it soft? Is it rough? Is it slimy? Is it bumpy? Can you think of two words to tell about it? If you switch with your neighbor, do you think the new item feels the same or different? Each of these are different textures, so each will feel different to your hands and fingers!

We taste with our mouth

What can you taste?In our mouth, our tongue has taste buds that

help us to taste things!We can taste things that are sweet, salty,

bitter, and sour!I can taste a sweet…I can taste a salty…I can taste a bitter…I can taste a sour…

Taste TestWe’re going to taste something from sweet, salty, bitter, and sour taste sensors. I want you to put what we taste on the tip, or sides of your tongue. This is where you taste the most! We’re going to taste one at a time! Which one do you think is the sweet taste? Which is salty? Which is bitter? Which is sour? Do you like one taste group better than another?

We smell with our noses

What can you smell?

We can smell things like tasty food, stinky socks, or dangerous smoke… Smell tells us about our environment.

In the park I can smell...At McDonalds I can smell…When I close my eyes I can smell…I like to smell…I don’t like to smell…

It smells like…You have four different smelly dots in front of you, we are going to try and guess what they are! Use your hand to “waft” the smell. Picture your hand like a fan swooshing the smell to your nose! Imagine that you are on the phone trying to tell your Mom what you smell, but you don’t know what it is! Describe the mystery smell! You can compare it to smells that you already know, or use other describing words. Can you describe what the first one smells like without naming what you think it is? Does anyone know what this is? Can you describe the second, and name it? How about the third one, what does that smell like? Last one, can you describe that smell?

Let’s think!Can you think of something that uses all of

your senses?Can you think of something that uses four

senses?Can you think of something that uses just

three?How about something that uses two senses?WOW! Can you think of something that only

uses one sense?