Our Five Senses

Senses, senses, here and there

Senses, senses everywhere

I use my skin to touch soft things.

I use my ears to hear bells ring.

My nose is what helps me smell.

My eyes help me see so well.

My mouth is what helps me taste

My five senses are so great.

Senses, senses, here and there

Senses, senses everywhere.
(Sung to the tune of Twinkle Twinkle Little Star)

So as you may have guessed, this week we are learning all about our five senses.  There are enough activities out there that target our five senses to fill an entire year, but we are going to have to do a quick summary in just one week.  So here goes....

To start off our sensory experience, Ryan and Ethan were greeted by Floam in the touch and feel pool.  Floam is a sticky substance made out of tiny foam microbeads that stick together and can be shaped into just about anything!  We made letters, snowmen, fish, snakes....endless opportunities to stimulate our creative juices.  Then we used our fine motor skills to try to get the tiny floam balls unstuck from the carpet, which were everywhere!

To change things up on the playground today, I decided to bring our tunnel outside to share with our DUMC friends.  All the kiddos had a blast going through the tunnel over and over again, and it tested their turn-taking skills and patience as they waited in line for their turn.  As always, Ryan and Ethan loved a good game of shopping cart chase as they zoomed around in circles.  I was exhausted just watching them and their endless running!

We started our reading circle today singing the above song while using our 5 Senses Puppets to illustrate each sense.  Ryan and Ethan each have a set of these puppets that I will send home in their bags on Thursday when we are finished with our five senses theme.  

Our book today was The Five Senses by Leslie Buckol.  This book gives a simple summary of our five senses as the little girl in the book feels the breeze and the warm earth, smells the springtime grass and flowers, hears the birds singing, tastes the fresh apples, and sees the sun rise.

 After we read our book using our 5 senses puppets once again to aid in comprehension, we made Mr. Potato Heads out of construction paper and labeled each body part as one of the five senses.  As we glued the body parts Ryan and Ethan had to answer the following questions: What does Mr. Potato Head need in order to see, taste, feel, hear, and smell?  You can also do this at home for additional practice.

We concluded our lesson on the Five Senses with the following short video:

Questions for home:

1. We use our eyes to ......see

2. We use our hands to .....feel

You can use this "fill in the blank" method to reinforce what we learned today with each of the five senses, or you can turn it into a question like What do we use our eyes for....or What do we see with?  Also, sit down and read the blog with Ryan and Ethan and see what they have to offer about their day on their own.

Looking forward to another great day learning about our five senses as we pop popcorn on Thursday!