Craft lesson 1: The Five Senses

Resource Material: Buzz by Janet Wong, a shoe box with different items, blindfold,
item to taste, item to smell.

Discussion: It is very important for children to learn the five senses and how they are used in your everyday life. They have to use senses all the time to listen, play activities, and eat lunch. In this lesson, students will have many opportunities to practice what senses are being used.


How to Teach it: Today we are going to read the story called BUZZ by Janet Wong. Listen to the words in the story and touch your nose every time that you hear the sound buzz. (Read the whole story). While I was reading this story you were using one of your five senses. Does anyone know which one it was? It was hearing. What do you have to use to be able to hear? You’re absolutely right: your ears. Let’s make a chart and list things that we hear everyday, like the little boy in this book. Now, we are going to learn about our other senses. In this box there are many different items that you can touch. You will get to guess what item you are touching, one at a time. (Let each child have a turn). Let’s make a list of things that we touch everyday. What do you have to use in order to touch? Correct, you have to use your hands. Now we will try out another one of our senses. In my hand I have a cup of juice. With your eyes closed, I want each one of you to smell the juice and guess what flavor it is. What do we use to smell? Right: we use our nose. Let’s make a list of all of the things that we smell everyday. Next, I want you to take a drink of your juice. What do you taste? What did you use to taste the juice? Let’s make a list of things we taste everyday. Last, I am going to show you a picture. What do you see? What do you have to use to see? Let’s make a list of all of the things that you see.

Everyday we use our five senses. Sometimes we think about it, and sometimes we use our senses and don’t even know it. For the rest of the day I want to you think about when you are using you senses.