Week 6: Understanding the Five Senses
Objective:
Help children learn about the five senses (sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell) through sensory exploration activities. Encourage them to identify and describe sensations associated with each sense.
Materials Needed:
- A variety of sensory materials (e.g., different textured fabrics, scented items, tasting samples like fruit pieces, and sound-making objects)
- Blindfolds (optional)
- Visual aids or pictures illustrating the five senses
Lesson Note:
1. Welcome and Introduction
- Begin with a cheerful greeting and a simple song to set a positive tone for the lesson.
- Introduce the topic: “Today, we are going to learn about our five senses. We use our senses to learn about the world around us. Let’s find out what each sense does!”
2. Introduction to the Five Senses
- Discussion: Explain that we have five senses that help us experience the world: sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell.
- Sight: “We use our eyes to see things.”
- Hearing: “We use our ears to hear sounds.”
- Touch: “We use our hands to feel things.”
- Taste: “We use our mouth to taste different foods.”
- Smell: “We use our nose to smell different things.”
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3. Sensory Exploration Activities
- Sight: Show children different colored objects or pictures. Ask them to name the colors and describe what they see.
- Activity: Use a variety of colored paper or simple images to discuss different colors and shapes.
- Hearing: Play different sounds (e.g., a bell, a drum, a bird chirping). Ask children to listen carefully and describe what they hear.
- Activity: Use a sound-making toy or a simple instrument to demonstrate various sounds.
- Touch: Provide different textured materials (e.g., soft fabric, rough sandpaper). Let children touch and describe how each material feels.
- Activity: Create a touch-and-feel box with various textures for children to explore.
- Taste: Offer small samples of different foods (e.g., fruit, crackers). Let children taste each one and talk about how it tastes (sweet, sour, salty).
- Activity: Prepare a tasting station with safe, age-appropriate food items for sampling.
- Smell: Introduce items with different scents (e.g., a piece of fruit, a flower, a scented toy). Ask children to smell each item and describe the scent.
- Activity: Use scent jars with various smells for children to identify.
4. Sensory Game: “Which Sense?”
- Activity: Play a game where you describe something using one of the senses, and children guess which sense you are using. For example, “I can hear a sound” or “I can taste something sweet.”
- Participation: Encourage all children to take turns describing something they sense.
Step 1: Introduction
Lesson Presentation (Step-by-Step Procedure)
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