My Five Senses: How I Explore the World
Snap your fingers. Did you hear that? Your ears just did their job! Right now your body is using special helpers called senses. They send tiny messages to your brain all day long, even while you sit still.
What You'll Learn
In this lesson you will: - Name all five senses and the body part that does each one - Match each sense to the job it does - Play a guessing game using just one sense at a time
Seeing With Your Eyes
Your eyes let you SEE. They spot colors, shapes, and how near or far things are. Your eyes can tell red from blue and a big dog from a small bug. When a room is dark, your eyes cannot see well. That is why we turn on a light!
Hearing With Your Ears
Your ears let you HEAR. They catch a dog's bark, a soft song, and a loud drum. Some sounds are quiet, like a whisper at bedtime. Some are loud, like a fire truck zooming by.
Smell, Taste, and Touch
Your nose lets you SMELL flowers, warm popcorn, and rain. Your tongue lets you TASTE. Candy is sweet, a lemon is sour, and chips are salty. Your skin lets you TOUCH. It feels a soft cat, cold ice, and a bumpy rock.
When you eat an apple, you use your EYES to see it is red, your NOSE to smell it, your TOUCH to feel it is smooth, and your TASTE to know it is sweet. Four senses in one bite!
Drag each body part to the sense it gives you.
Terms
Definitions
Drag terms onto their definitions, or click a term then click a definition to match.
Which body part do you use to hear a bird singing?
You close your eyes and feel something cold and hard. Which sense are you using?
Mystery Bag Guessing Game
Ask a grown-up to hide 3 safe things (a spoon, a soft sock, a crunchy cracker) in a paper bag. Reach in WITHOUT looking. Use only your touch to guess each one. Then pull it out to check. Draw the three things you guessed right on a piece of paper and label which sense helped you.
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