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Human Body Series - The Five Senses ActivityHuman Body Series - The Five Senses Activity
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Nemours KidsHealth
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Grade
Pre-K - 2nd
Subjects
English Language Arts
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Audience
For Teacher Use
Duration
45 mins
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Collaborative Learning
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Year
2015
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Human Body Series - The Five Senses

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Get your class up and moving with these engaging hands-on-activities that target their five senses. Children explore four different work stations that require them to look, smell, hear, touch, and taste as they record their responses onto a worksheet.

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CCSS: Adaptable

Concepts

the five senses, sense of taste, sense of hearing, sense of sight, sense of smell, sense of touch, sense of vision

Additional Tags

english language arts

Instructional Ideas

  • Before starting the activities, read aloud an engaging short story about the five senses 
  • Make sure wee ones have an anchor chart that illustrates the five senses for reference

Classroom Considerations

  • A variety of materials are required for this activity, so be sure to plan ahead

Pros

  • Engaging tactile activities 

Cons

  • None

Common Core

SL.K.1.a SL.K.4 SL.1.1.a SL.1.4 SL.2.1.a SL.2.4

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