Lesson 126: People and their senses

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Objective

I can name the five senses and match each sense to a body part. I can give simple examples of how we use our senses to notice the world and stay safe.

Materials

Mini-lesson — Our five senses

People are living things. We use our five senses to learn about the world.

The five senses

  • Sight — we use our eyes to see.
  • Hearing — we use our ears to hear.
  • Smell — we use our nose to smell.
  • Taste — we use our tongue to taste.
  • Touch — we use our skin to feel.

Everyday examples

  • We see bright colours with our eyes.
  • We hear a bell or music with our ears.
  • We smell flowers or food with our nose.
  • We taste sweet, sour, or salty foods with our tongue.
  • We feel hot, cold, soft, or rough with our skin.

Senses keep us safe

  • We see a car before we cross the road.
  • We hear someone calling our name.
  • We feel that water is too hot and pull our hand away.

In this lesson you will match each sense to a body part and to real-life examples so you can explain how people use their senses.

Picture strip: One child, five senses

Where are the senses?

Senses and examples

Guided Practice — Match senses, body parts, and actions

You will match each sense to its body part and to a simple action.

  1. Say the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch.
  2. Point to each body part: eyes, ears, nose, tongue, skin or hands.
  3. Match them out loud: say "Eyes help me see", "Ears help me hear", "Nose helps me smell", "Tongue helps me taste", "Skin helps me feel".
  4. Use examples: think of one example for each sense, such as seeing a red ball, hearing music, smelling soup, tasting a grape, or feeling a soft toy.
  5. Draw a tiny chart: make a 3-column table in your notebook: Body part, Sense, Example. Fill in one row at a time.
  6. Read your chart: read each row out loud using a full sentence, such as "My ears help me hear music."
  7. Use the tracing pad: choose short words such as eyes, ears, nose, skin, taste, or sound from the dropdown and trace them slowly while you say the word.
Tracing Pad
Tracing snapshot for print
Tip: After you trace the words, write one full sentence such as "My eyes help me see" or "My skin helps me feel hot and cold".

Practice 1 — Which sense do you use?

Read or listen to each idea. Decide which sense you use first.

Say or write: "I use my eyes to see the rainbow", "I use my nose to smell the cookies", and so on.

Practice 2 — Senses in one day

Think about your day from morning to bedtime. How do your senses help you?

  1. Draw three small boxes in your notebook: Morning, Afternoon, Evening.
  2. In each box, draw or write one time you used a sense (for example, seeing the sun, hearing a friend, tasting dinner).
  3. Under each picture, write which sense and body part you used.

Practice 3 — Senses keep us safe

Talk about how senses warn us about danger.

For each one, say or write a sentence: which sense is helping and how it keeps you safe.

Quick Check — People and their senses

Answer each question about the five senses. Think about which body part and which sense fits best.

1) How many senses do we talk about in this lesson?

We learn about five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch.

2) Which body part do we use for sight?

We see with our eyes.

3) Which sense uses the ears?

Our ears help us hear sounds.

4) Which body part helps you smell a flower?

Your nose helps you smell a flower.

5) Which sense helps you taste your food?

Taste helps you know if food is sweet or sour.

6) Which body part is most used for taste?

Your tongue helps you taste food.

7) Which sense are you using when you feel that water is too hot?

Your skin and hands help you feel hot or cold water.

8) You hear a loud siren. Which body part helps most?

Your ears help you hear the siren.

9) You see a red ball on the grass. Which sense is that?

You use sight to see the ball with your eyes.

10) Why are senses important for safety?

Senses can warn us so we stay safe.

11) Which set shows only senses?

Sight, taste, and touch are all names of senses.

12) Which set shows only body parts used for senses?

Eyes, ears, and nose are body parts that use senses.

13) You smell smoke in the kitchen. Which sense is helping you?

Your nose and sense of smell warn you about the smoke.

14) Which sentence is true about senses?

Senses help us enjoy and understand the world around us.

15) Which best matches touch?

Touch lets you feel soft, rough, hot, or cold things.

Assessment (parent/teacher)

Exit ticket (student)

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