5 Senses Investigation Box

Exploring My 5 Senses!

In this investigation box, children will learn about the 5 senses and will explore each sense.

SENSE-sational Stations

Students will explore their five senses within these stations.

There are a variety of objects to feel, see, hear, taste, and smell. 

Feeling Station: This station will include sandpaper, rocks, small stuffed animals, play-doh, and cotton balls.

    

Seeing Station: This station will include paint swatches of various colors, magnifying glasses, and sunglasses.

  

Hearing Station: This station will include whistles, and an ipod with headphones with different musical instruments on a playlist.

 

Tasting Station: This station will include small sandwich bags, or bowls, with snacks. The snacks will be animal crackers, goldfish, and pretzels.

  

Smelling Station: This station will include scented candles and hand lotions.

 

** This idea was found on THIS blog.

Label Your Senses

Students will use THIS template to label their five senses. They will choose either the boy or the girl, cut out the senses labels, and will glue the labels next to the corresponding body parts. 

*The templates can be printed ahead of time and put into the investigation box.

** This idea was found on THIS blog.

5 Senses Rolling Race

In this GAME  students will create a graph that shows the data they collect by rolling the senses cube. They will cut out their cube and glue it together. Next, they will make a prediction of which sense will "win" and then they can begin rolling the cube. After each roll, they will color in the appropriate box above the sense that the cube lands on. They will continue this process until they have a "winner."

*The templates can be printed out ahead of time and put into the investigation box.

**This idea was found on THIS blog.

Mr. and Mrs. Potato Head

This activity allows children to create their own Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head by giving him/her different body parts that he/she will need in order to see, hear, taste, smell, and feel. Students can work in small groups to put Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head together. They can build him/her on their own, or play a game in which they will use the cube they have previously created. The children will roll their cube and add the appropriate body part to Mr. or Mrs. Potato Head. Once all the body parts corresponding to a sense are on him/her, they can add other silly parts to him/her.

 
Make sure to also include:
scissors, glue sticks, and crayons

  

Books!

My Five Senses by: Aliki

This book will help children explore and learn their senses. They will learn what each sense allows them to do and what they can learn through each sense. This would be great to begin this theme. It will introduce each sense. 

Chew, Chew, Gulp! by: Lauren Thompson

This book on the sense of taste shows children how exciting it can be to eat! They will learn different vocabulary for eating, like munching, gobbling, and crunching. This bright book is perfect for youngsters to explore the idea of taste. 

The Listening Walk by: Paul Showers

This book is great for learning about the sense of sound. Children will be able to think about hearing the different sounds described throughout the story. It will get them thinking about the many sounds around them.

**Books were found here.

Other Books and Resources:
Dragon Fun 5 Senses Lesson Plan
Come To Your Senses
Preschool Senses Activities
My Five Senses by: Margaret Miller
The Five Senses (It's Science!) by: Sally Hewitt
Look, Listen, Taste, Touch, and Smell: Learning About Your Five Senses by: Hill Nettleton