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My senses
Drag the parts into the right places.
Discussion points
- What sounds can you hear all around you?
- What do you like the taste of?
- Can you think of things which feel hard or soft?
- What smells do you like/not like?
- Which body parts do we use to look at something?
- Can you only use your hands to touch things?
- Which body part do we use to smell/hear/taste/see?
- How do we use our senses in everyday life?
- What foods or smells do you like/dislike? Why?
Teaching tips:
Develop children’s awareness of their senses and the world around them. This activity is particularly fitting to topics like ‘All about me’ in early years.
Once complete, take time to discuss each of the senses in turn. Use the discussion points and encourage children to describe and explain what things feel, smell, look, sound and taste like.
There are many activities to do alongside this activity to promote understanding and thinking about the five senses in early years: Children could go on a hunt around their setting to find items of different textures and describe what they feel like; they could experiment with noises by using their bodies or objects to make sounds with; you could offer children a selection of foods with different tastes, smells and textures.
Not only will children enjoy learning about the five senses using this activity, they will also benefit from developing their spatial reasoning skills and learning new vocabulary.
To challenge children further, complete the My senses labelling activity.
Once complete, take time to discuss each of the senses in turn. Use the discussion points and encourage children to describe and explain what things feel, smell, look, sound and taste like.
There are many activities to do alongside this activity to promote understanding and thinking about the five senses in early years: Children could go on a hunt around their setting to find items of different textures and describe what they feel like; they could experiment with noises by using their bodies or objects to make sounds with; you could offer children a selection of foods with different tastes, smells and textures.
Not only will children enjoy learning about the five senses using this activity, they will also benefit from developing their spatial reasoning skills and learning new vocabulary.
To challenge children further, complete the My senses labelling activity.
Use this activity as part of science to ensure children are secure in their knowledge of which body part is associated with which sense.
Develop skills of working scientifically by getting children to compare different textures, sounds, tastes and smells through the exploration of a selection of objects/foods and asking them to come up with different classifications for them, for example: sweet, smooth, sharp, loud. Can they justify their reasons for grouping objects in certain ways?
Use with ‘Parts of the face’, ‘Parts of the body’ and ‘Parts of the body 2’.
Develop skills of working scientifically by getting children to compare different textures, sounds, tastes and smells through the exploration of a selection of objects/foods and asking them to come up with different classifications for them, for example: sweet, smooth, sharp, loud. Can they justify their reasons for grouping objects in certain ways?
Use with ‘Parts of the face’, ‘Parts of the body’ and ‘Parts of the body 2’.
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