Five Senses Activities for Kindergarten {featuring Mr. Potato Head!}

It is always so fun to teach the 5 Senses!

 Usually students are armed with good schema, showing a basic understanding of the senses and what parts of our bodies help us.

These posters were great for students to refer to:

There are lots of good books that relate to the senses.

Here are a few that we've covered so far:

Of course, they LOVED the craftivity...and it made a cute bulletin board!

Free exploration time looks like this:

using magnifying glasses to check I Spy books

smelling jars

feely bags

(use only the sense of touch to identify the objects inside the bags)

sound jars to shake and match the sounds

see more about these {here}

We have been working on a 5 Senses booklet to synthesize our learning.

Here are a few sample pages:

nostrils...or as one sweetie calls them 'snotstrils'

check out those taste buds!!!

{here}