We have five senses that help us to explore and make sense of the world around us. They are:
Touch
Taste
Sight
Sound
Smell
Lets look at the different ways we can explore each one.
Touch
Find items of different textures around you home or garden and think of good words to describe them
Play with playdough/gloop/slime or cooked and cooled pasta
Place liquid paints into sealed bags and try some colour mixing
Try making cloud or moon dough
Bake bread
Taste
Try a new healthy food today, what does it taste like?
Combine different fruits, vegetables and juices or milk of your choice to make a smoothie
Cover your eyes and ask an adult to give you different foods, can you tell what they are just by taste?
Sight
In a room of your choice or the garden take a good look around and draw, write or talk about what you can see
Fill a container with rice and small objects to create an eye spy bottle
Play a game of Whats Missing
Sound
Sit in your garden and close your eyes, what can you hear?
Use different items from around your home to create different sounds
Ask a family member to play you their favourite piece of music
Listen to a book on CD
Smell
Add water to different powdered food items and use them to paint, try hot chocolate, spices, gravy etc
Which of the flowers in the garden have a scent?
