Touch and Feel

Take a trip to the Colombian rainforest through the sense of touch. Here, class members discover what's inside a mystery box: wood, cinnamon, Brazil nuts, a banana, and orange. Then, the class takes a trip outside for a tree rubbing...

In this writing worksheet, students choose two objects that describe each word. For example, under "soft" students write, "cotton balls" and "silk scarf."

Students identify the physical properties of items using the sense of touch. In this touch and discover lesson, students describe items.  Students sort items using a Venn diagram.

In this senses worksheet, students identify pictures of items that are hard or soft to the touch. In the following four pages, students use their discernment skills to identify things they can see, smell, and hear. Students color the...

Students investigate their sense of touch to help become more descriptive with their observations. In this sensory lesson, students reach inside a box to feel an object then guess what it is.  Students then use both senses of touch and...

Students become aware of the sense of touch and the body parts effected by touching.  In this five senses lesson, students touch mystery items and create a touch page.  Students discuss the body parts connected to the sense of touch.

Students explore the five senses. In this touch lesson, students touch a hidden item and try to decide what it is. Students discuss things they can feel but cannot see. Students discuss the characteristics of the item words that tell how...

Students identify their five senses by reading a story.  For this human anatomy lesson, students read the book, Here Are My Hands by Bill Martin Jr, and touch a variety of objects.  Students describe and record each object they touch and...

Young scholars go on a walk and explore how things feel. In this lesson about touch, students observe items in nature as they go on a "touch" walk. Young scholars predict what they might find on this walk and then they talk about...

Students touch objects and describe what they feel using vocabulary words for the sense of touch. In this touch lesson plan, students use words such as texture, bumpy, rough, smooth, sticky, and soft.