Touch Sound Smell Sight TasteHere are some activities that you can do with your children so that they can see that their senses are unique…. different than anyone else’s.
In order to teach the five senses to your preschool age children you have to be hands on…. there is no easy way to teach your children about their five senses without having them touch, taste, hear, smell and see. So, that is exactly what we are going to do.
My Hand Book - Help the children trace their hands on to paper…. these will be the pages of the book. On each page of the book have the children write what they like to do with their hands. You will probably have to help them with this project.Feely Box - Place different objects with different textures in a box or bag. Ask the children to reach in and describe what they feel. Can they figure out what you have in there?Playing in Sand - Put some sand in a box or a cake pan and have the kids play in it with their hands. Let them draw things in the sand. Have them describe what it felt like.Textured Finger painting - Mix some finger paints with sand. This creates a textured paint. Have the children paint with this textured finger paint concoction. What did it feel like? Did they like the way it felt?Being the Architect - Bring out all different types of material that have different textures… such as corrugated boxes, egg cartons, empty paper towel rolls, etc. Let the children use their imagination to build things.Scratch and Sniff - Help the kids make their own Scratch and Sniff items. Simply spread flavored powered gelatin on a paper. Once it dries completely let the kids scratch and sniff them. Which one do they like the most? Which do they least like?Jars of Smells - Soak cotton balls in different flavorings such as peppermint, orange or lemon. Place each cotton ball in a baby food jar. Punch holes in the lid. Let the children smell each. Which one do they most like? Which do they least like?My Art Smells - Bring out some scented markers. Ask the children to draw pictures of things they love to smell…. such as flowers, meatloaf, shampoo, etc… Vote with your Nose - Using index cards spray different scents on each. Label each with a number and pass the cards around. Let the children vote on what they like most. Let them also vote what they least like.Potpourri - Help the children make their own Potpourri mixture. You can use spices such as cinnamon sticks and mint leaves. Use squares of netting that you can pick up at any craft store or even a discount store like Wal-Mart.Likes and Dislikes - Bring out some old magazines. Each child gets 2 pieces of construction paper….. 1 marked, "Foods I like" and the 2nd marked, "Foods I don’t Like". Give each of the kids safety scissors and have the kids cut out foods and past them on one of two papers accordingly.Look the Same / Taste Different - Provide items that look alike, but taste VERY different. Bring out vinegar and water, salt and sugar, and flour and baking soda. Let the children try each and describe the differences. Just a little dab on the end of the finger is good enough. What makes them so different even though they look similar? What are the kids’ thoughts?
My Art is BIG - Have the children draw pictures while looking through a magnifying glass. Is it hard or easier to draw this way? Why?Pin the Tail on the Donkey - This is a fun game to play when you are talking about the Sense of Sight. After playing the game with the children ask the kids if this task was difficult. Ask them why or why not. Listen to their detailed explanation. Talk about it.Look at the World Differently - Bring out different colored cellophane. Have the children look through each by placing a small piece of cellophane over the eyes (Do Not let them place the cellophane over their head!! This is a safety hazard). Ask the children to describe what they see when they look through the different color cellophane. What did they notice when they looked at something without the colored cellophane compared to with the cellophane? Which color cellophane was their favorite?Look at Those Eyes - Bring out pictures of human’s eyes and animal’s eyes. You can look for pictures online, in books, magazines or at a library. Show the kids all the different eyes you found? Are their any differences between a human eyes and an animals eyes? Discuss.Rhythm - Help teach the children rhythm. Turn on some children’s music. Using instruments, sticks or even the children’s clapping hands see if they can find the beat. You start by discovering the beat and let them follow. Now, you stop…. can they continue keeping up with the rhythm?Make Musical Instruments - Bring out empty canisters…. Empty Pringles cans work wonderfully for this. Fill up the canisters half-way with items that make different sounds. Make one musical canister with macaroni noodles, make the next with rice and maybe the next with pennies. They each should sound differently. Now, let them use their new instruments to follow the rhythm in a song.Can you Find the Sound? - Blindfold one of the children. Have another child make a noise. Ask the blindfolded child to point in the direction of the sound. Were they right? Was this a difficult task for the blindfolded child? Why or why not?Ring the Bell - Hang bells from the ceiling using yarn. Make sure the bells and yard are out of the way so children don’t get hurt. Give a child a bean bag and see if they can ring the bell. Pass the bean bag around and give everyone a chance to ring the bell.
In conclusion
There are so many activities that use our senses. As a matter of fact, we could easily take our senses for granted because we use them so often. But, without our sense our lives would be so much different. Talk to the children about this…. ask them what they think life would be like without one of our senses such as hearing, seeing, tasting, touching or smelling.
After these activities your children should be very aware of their own senses. There is no better way to teach children about their senses than just getting right in and using them.
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