Our Five Senses

For the month of February we are learning about our bodies! This week, along with our regular alphabet, numbers, shapes, etc. curriculum we learned about our five senses. It was most probably the funnest week ever! 

We learned about our sense of sight, hearing, touch, smell, and taste. We read great library books throughout the week to teach us about these senses. We also played some fun games and completed a few art projects.

One day we focused on using our sense of smell. Each child was blindfolded and I held out different things for them to smell. After each student got a chance to smell, they got to shout out what they thought it was. They did awesome! It wasn't hard for them at all! 

Here they are smelling a few of them: peanut butter, gold fish, and bananas. We also made flower necklaces for art because flowers smell so good! 

Another day we singled out our sense of hearing. They were each blindfolded again and I made a little noise with lots of different objects. This game was a little harder for them! I shook a bottle of vitamins, crinkled foil, shook a water bottle, banged pots and pans, and a few more. They were stuck on the vitamins for awhile! For art we made maracas to make music for our ears! 

We also spent a day on our sense of touch. For this game they were blindfolded and had to guess what each object was by just feeling it. They felt a diaper, a bottle, a cell phone, a fork, a stapler, and a few more. They thought this was a breeze! We made these cute "feel hands" to describe how different things might feel.

This week Q was the spotlight letter. We practiced the q sound and words that start with q all week. Emma brought an outstanding q collage to share with the class. Here are a few of the worksheets we did:

We also have a new student! Elly had to leave our preschool class and we were so sad to say goodbye. With Elly gone we had an open spot. Our new student's name is Mason and we are so excited to have him!