Our Five Senses

"Our Five Senses" was the theme of the week and we had some great fun making discoveries using our senses! On Monday we started by introducing each sense and singing the song "I've Got 5 Senses". They loved this song! We ended up singing it everyday. Tuesday we used our sense of hearing to identify animals. I have an app on my ipad that has different animal sounds. I played a sound and the students had to guess what animal it was. They had so much fun with this! On Wednesday we explored with our sense of touch. The students had to use their sense of touch to identify hidden objects such as a shell, a block, cotton balls, play-dough, etc. We then took a trip outside to play in the sand boxes on the porch. The students had to tell me how the sand felt using descriptive words. We then came back inside and did the same thing but with play-dough. Thursday we used our sense of smell and taste. I made smell jars and had the students smell each one and tell which smells they liked and which they did not like. We then graphed the smells they liked on the whiteboard. Everyone liked the smell of brown sugar! It was hilarious watching their reactions to the smell of coffee and pickle juice! The did not like the smell of coffee!

After we used our sense of smell, we had a taste test! I blindfolded them and had them smell, then taste five different foods. We tasted oranges, strawberry fruit snacks, pickles, brown sugar, and chocolate. They had a lot of fun with this! Here are a few of our little taste testers, ready with their blindfolds on!

Along with our five senses we learned about the letter S this week. We did a sound sort with pictures to help them here the sound S makes. 

We had a great week and I know they are just so excited about the fair tomorrow! Ask you kids about their 5 senses and the letter S to see what they learned!