How does the sense of small work? Objects all around us release molecules that enter our nasal cavity. Make a sound guessing game for your kids! (check out ouse of the YouTube videos on this.) Sound Experiment: Buzzing Bug Noisemaker Toys Make a bird seed and pine cone sensory bottle. Try some of the following activities to learn more about the sense of hearing.

The bones then carry the vibrations to the inner ear canal.

This creates vibrations that then transfer to three tiny bones in the cavity of the middle ear. How does our hearing work? Our ears hear sound waves when they beat agains the tympanic membrane also called the ear drum. Try some of these Rainbow Experiments for Kids Try some Optical Illusion Drawings (There are some cool ones in my Math Art Book) The brains translates the visual images to help us understand what we are seeing.Ĭheck out the following activities to stimulate the sense of sight: The lens of our eyes focus the light and transfer these signals to the retina at the back of the eye, then to the optic nerve and on to the brain. This is the clear part that covers the pupil and the iris. Our sense of sight works when light enters into our eyes through the cornea. Also, I have a little easy-reader book for each individual sense to help kids further understand them. Our senses are pretty incredible and I love helping kids learn about them.įollowing are some activities for each of the five senses that you can use in your lessons. A sense is a physical experience that occurs with different organs of your body and then information is sent to your brain to be processed. They are seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting and touching. Hopefully you will find something to add to your lesson plans! Today I want to share some we have done as well as a new printable set of books I have created to teach kids about each of the five senses. There are a lot of great five senses activities for kids. Teaching kids about the five senses can be so much fun.

My Five Senses by Aliki