Little learners discover their five senses — seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching — and the body parts that help them explore and understand the world all around them.
Students will be able to…
How do you know a flower is pretty, a drum is loud, or a cookie is yummy? You use your amazing senses! Let’s find out about all five.
Project this and tap each sense. Point to the body part, and act out seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, and touching!
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Where are your eyes? Your ears? Your nose?
Children explore.
Play together.
Children create.
Share senses.
Aligned to Head Start Early Learning Outcomes and common state PreK standards for science.
Explore and describe the world using the five senses.
Precursor: observe and describe objects (kindergarten readiness).
Identify the body parts used for each sense.
Use sensory words to describe objects.
Preview the three formative checks. Tap “Sample answer” to see what mastery looks like — hide them before you print for students.
Encourage families to take a “senses walk” — naming what they see, hear, smell, and feel outside. A printable five-senses chart is in the Early Learning library.
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A quick self-check with instant feedback, drawn from this lesson’s key terms.
A print-and-go review sheet with a built-in answer key. Tap “Show answer key” to reveal answers, or print the clean version for students.