Your senses are tools for learning about the world. Scientists use them every day — and so do you. A full 10-question lesson, exactly what your child would see.
Tip: This lesson works best as a read-aloud. Sit together, read each section out loud, and pause to discuss before answering questions.
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Your senses are tools for learning about the world. Scientists use them every day — and so do you.
Right now, close your eyes for three seconds. What do you notice? Maybe you hear a fan humming. Maybe you feel the chair under you. Maybe you smell something from the kitchen.
You just used your senses — without even trying.
You have five senses. Each one uses a different part of your body to tell you something about the world around you:
Your eyes let you see. You can see colors, shapes, sizes, and whether it's light or dark.
You use sight to: read a book, notice the sky is cloudy, see that a ball is red and round
Your ears let you hear. Sounds can be loud or soft, high or low, near or far away.
You use hearing to: listen to music, hear a dog bark, notice a fire truck coming
Your skin lets you feel things. You can feel if something is hot or cold, rough or smooth, hard or soft.
You use touch to: feel that ice is cold, notice sandpaper is rough, tell that a pillow is soft
Your nose lets you smell. Some things smell sweet, some smell sour, and some smell bad!
You use smell to: know cookies are baking, tell if milk has gone bad, enjoy flowers
Your tongue lets you taste. Foods can taste sweet, salty, sour, or bitter.
You use taste to: enjoy a strawberry (sweet), notice a lemon is sour, decide if you like a new food
Each sense gives you different information. Your eyes can't tell you if something is hot. Your ears can't tell you what color something is. That's why you have five senses, not just one — each one does a job the others can't.