Inquiry based learning 5 senses

Our five senses tot school unit was full of exploration and learning. We had so much fun learning about our sense of sight, smell, hearing, taste, and touch that big sister Madelynn even joined us for a lot of our activities. Here were our plans for 5 Senses Week: And here are the details of

While we were having our Gingerbread Man adventures the you read about in the last post, we were also having some other holiday fun! The kid...

So we are back to another fun filled school term. After the nice 3 week long break, we dove headfirst into another exciting science unit. ...

I love teaching about the Five Senses! Afterall, we use our Five Senses to gather information and learn about the world. They're the basis for all learning that we do! There are a TON of really cute Five Senses activities out there...and trust me, I do them all. The smell jars, the sound eggs, the touchy-feely boxes...I mean, come one, who doesn't want to watch a five year-old stick a lemon wedge in their mouth? (It's funny.) But I want to find a way to take my Five Senses unit a little…

This week we discussed our 5 senses. We started with reading Aliki's My Five Senses and put together a Mr. Potato Head as we read the story. During the week, we practiced using our senses A LOT, especially the listening and seeing senses :) Then we set up our Science center so we can make observations and record our findings. Here's what we're using: Smelly jars--I found some awesome containers (salt and pepper shakers) at the glorious Dollar Tree that work perfectly for this. Then I bought…

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At the beginning of every year, our science curriculum has us exploring Science Inquiry Skills. It can be a tricky task. Science is huge! Not all scientist do the same things… but to explore this concept, I like to keep it hands-on and fun! We first learned that scientists use their senses to make observations. […]

Learn about your senses with a 5 senses sensory station for preschoolers! What can you see, hear, taste, smell, and touch?

Here at Christ the Rock Preschool in Rockford, Illinois we have been learning about the five senses! The five senses are of course seeing, hearing, tasting, smelling, and touching. Our students had

So we are back to another fun filled school term. After the nice 3 week long break, we dove headfirst into another exciting science unit. ...