5 senses

 

"The Sight Game"

Materials Needed:

• Items such as a stapler, box of tissues, soda bottle, blue marker, red marker, a pencil, a textbook, etc.

1) Place several items in front of the teacher so that the whole class can see the items. Some examples of things to use can be stapler, box of tissues, soda bottle, blue marker, red marker, a pencil, a specific book, etc.

2) Have the students close their eyes and the teacher will remove one object.

3) The students will uncover their eyes and decide as a group which item is missing.

4) Keep removing items a few rounds and explain without the sense of sight, the students would not have been able to determine which items were missing.

*Scented Flowers*

                                    
Materials Needed:

• Flower Printout 
• Cupcake liner                  
• Large pompom or cotton ball                                
• Perfume   
• Crayons, markers                       
• Scissors
• Glue

1) Pass out flower printouts for the students to cut out and color.

2) The students will take the cupcake liner and glue it on the paper flower.

3) Then glue the pompom or cotton ball in the center of the cupcake liner.

4) The teacher will come around and drop 1 or 2 drops of perfume on the pompom.

Tasting Table

Materials Needed:

• paper plates
• sliced apples
• sliced lemons
• baby carrots
• sliced orange
• strawberries 
• various food items

1) Set up a table of various foods for the children to taste

2) The table will consist of cut up apples, lemons, carrots, strawberries, oranges, etc.

3) They will take turns sampling the food and discussing which part of the taste bud is being used. For example, a lemon would trigger the "sour" part of the taste bud.