The Five Senses

Books

• The Five Senses
• Head Shoulders Knees and Toes-Eric Carle
• The Very Noisy Family
• Discuss how families are the same and different and how children can help their families

Activities:

• Make a texture collage
• Identify flavors
• Squirt shaving cream on the table and let students write in it
• "Mystery Bag"--place an object in a paper sack such as a rock or stuffed animal and let the students touch it and guess what's inside
• Scented play-doh--add kool-aid instead of food coloring or extracts such as peppermint
• make a graph or chart of the student's favorite things to eat
• Present children with a box of small objects such as a crayon, scissors, a pencil, an earring, a cookie cutter, etc. Let children select four or five items from the box. Put the items on the table. Have children close their eyes, and then remove one of the items. Have children open their eyes and ask them to tell you what the missing item is. Continue the game, changing the items

• I Use My Five Senses
  (Tune: The Farmer in the Dell)
  Author Unknown I use my eyes to see, I use my eyes to see,
  And when I want to see a star, I use my eyes to see.
  I use my nose to smell, I use my nose to smell,
  And when I want to smell a flower, I use my nose to smell.
  I use my tongue to taste, I use my tongue to taste,
  And when I want to taste a peach, I use my tongue to taste.
  I use my ears to hear, I use my ears to hear,
  And when I want to hear a bird, I use my ears to hear.
  I use my hands to touch, I use my hands to touch,
  And when I want to touch a cat, I use my hands to touch.

• Make a 5 Senses Book or Journal.  Each page has a picture of the body part that relates to one of the five senses.  Ex.  page 1 has a picture of a nose.  The student draws or cuts out a picture of something that he or she can smell.