Review
Matching child's senses with a life situation
Month 6 · Activity 11 · Senses
Instructions
- Give the child the five craft sticks from Month 6 Activity 10
- Ask the child to hold up the correct body part to the following questions
- What body part do I use to smell baking bread?
- What body part do I use to discover something salty?
- What body part do I use when knocking on a door?
- What body part do I use to check if the sun is shining?
- What body part do I use to check if the water is hot or cold?
- Continue by making your own questions
Here is a video to help learn the 5 senses
Simplify
Here are some easy questions for learning about our five senses
- Do we use our eyes to ? (see)
- Do we use our ears to ? (hear)
- Do we use our tongue to ? (taste)
- Do we use our hands to ? (touch)
- Do we use our nose to ? (smell)
Extend
Using our senses helps us to understand what's happening around us. Our senses send messages to our brain. Not everyone is able to use all five of their senses. If someone is unable to see, they are blind. If someone is unable to hear, they are deaf. A word to tell others they have an issue is "handicap".
QUESTIONS FOR CHILD
If one of your senses had to be taken away, which sense would you choose and why?
Do you have any friends with a handicap? Are there ways to help people with handicaps? (glasses, hearing aids, wheelchairs, etc.)
Materials
- craft sticks with body parts from Month 6 Activity 10
Language Skills
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