Making Sense of The Five Senses

Hearing Seeing Smelling

Tasting Feeling

Hearing

• You hear with your ears.

• When you hear a drum

or a fire engine, you use

your sense of hearing.

Hearing is a sense we need.

• We use our ears to hear.

• We need to listen carefully.

• What are your favorite sounds?

How many ears do you have?

Close your eyes and what do you hear?

Seeing

• You see with your eyes.

• When you see an airplane

or a bird, you use your

sense of seeing.

Sight is an important sense.

Clip • We see with our eyes.

• We read with our

eyes.

• What can you see

right now?

How many eyes do you have?

Close your eyes and name one thing in the

room.

Smelling

• You smell with your nose.

• When you smell a rose or

a skunk, you use your sense of smell.

Smelling is an important sense.

• We use our nose to smell.

• Some things smell good and some things smell bad.

• What do you like to smell?

Is your nose important?

Close your eyes and smell what is in the

room.

Tasting

• You taste with your tongue.

• When you taste a pizza or

cotton candy, you use your

sense of taste.

Tasting is an important sense.

• We taste with our tongues.

• Some things taste good and some things taste bad.

• What do you like to taste?

Do all things taste the same?

Do you like the taste of pickle juice of the taste of

cupcakes?

Feeling

• You feel with your skin.

• When you feel a soft kitten

or a hot oven, you use your

sense of feeling.

One more sense is touching.

• We touch with our fingers.

• Some things are soft and some things are rough.

• We can feel with other parts of our body.

How many fingers do you have?

Touch your cheeks. Are they soft?

SIGHT

HEARING

SMELL

TASTE

TOUCH

Which sense?

Which sense is best for each of these?

Smell

Hearing

Touch

Sight

Taste

You have now finished the lesson onThe Five Senses.

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