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FIVE SENSES
PRESCHOOL PALS…HOME EDITION!
Art, science, cooking, reading, playing, and even interacting with screens are all ways you can engage your five senses! Check out the links below for some fun and interactive ways to learn more about Hearing, Sight, Smell, Touch and Taste!
Join Ms. Mary Jane at her house as she helps us explore the five senses.
Watch this clip from Sesame Street and find out how you can use Grouchy Things to learn all about your five senses.
ALL FIVE SENSES
Listen to Eric Carle’s classic story “I SEE A SONG” and then create some art as you listen to your favorite music.
When life gives you lemons...play with them!! THIS ACTIVITY will engage all of your senses and provide hours of fun!
HEARING
Follow along with this reading of “THE LISTENING WALK” then head outside for some exercise. What do you hear?
Loud or Soft, Jingly or Rattly? Use your sense of hearing to play this sound matching GAME!
Pull out all the recycled materials you’ve been saving and follow this link to play in your own JUNK JAM band.
SIGHT
Follow this LINK to explore color mixing in a fun, not too messy way with a zip-lock bag, some shaving cream and food coloring.
Turn out the lights, grab a flashlight and do some simple experiments with LIGHT AND SHADOW.
SMELL
Create some art that engages your sense of smell as well as your sense of sight. This homemade SCRATCH AND SNIFF PAINT will give your art a little something extra!
Have your parents save you a cup of coffee and some of their coffee grounds so you can mix up this great smelling COFFEE PLAYDOUGH.
Do some experimenting with flowers, leaves, and spices as you mix up some great smelling, kid safe and approved POTIONS.
TOUCH
Explore your sense of touch as you use materials found around the house to make this TEXTURE COLLAGE.
Can you identify different items with just your hands? No peaking as you explore these MYSTERY BAGS.