My School and Me(3)

SENSES is our word of the week.

Senses means : The ways we experience the world around us .

Example: We use our senses to learn about the things around us.

More new words to discuss : eyes, nose, ears, tongue, skin, taste, touch, smell, see, listen, odor

Today we will introduce all 5 senses and learn how we use each of them.

WE SEE........HEAR..........SMELL...........TASTE.............TOUCH

Let's play a game to use each of our senses !

We will spend about 15 minutes exploring our stations.

STEAM activity

Opening discussion : Discuss the different senses and how we use them.

Literacy :Read aloud My five Senses

Outside lesson if weather permits. See,Smell,Taste,Hear, and Touch different things!

Read big book: Look,listen,and learn

We will go on an outside "listening walk" to hear different sounds. We will also LOOK for interesting things with our eyes and smell outside things with our noses.

P.E. in gym

Participate in Warm-up activity : exercise walk, Listen and Move (Greg and Steve), workout , parachute games

1. bounce house

2. building blocks, balls, climbing toys

3. trikes

4. climbing toys, wall

Cool down with a calming breath .

Here's a fun song to get us Listening and Moving. You really have to pay attention and remember what the sounds tell you to do . Find an open area in the room and try it !

dont forget to finish your workout with one of the calming breaths. Today we'll try the balloon !

Givens Library.

Welcome to our school library.

Today we will continue learning more about our 5 senses.

What's that Smell ? Novel effect

Read aloud : My 5 Senses by Tracey Steffora

Watch video: 5 Senses from KidsEduc.com

Independent reading and book check-out today !