THE FIVE SENSES
Contributor: Laura Easter Sample NearPod Lesson In this unit, kindergarten students will learn the ve senses that every human being uses to understand the world. Learning about the ve senses may be di cult for the students to grasp at rst because it is an abstract concept for them to learn. It may also be hard for the students to understand how to describe their ve senses because they are very young, which means most of them don’t know a lot of the vocabulary words, their meaning, or how they are used in a sentence. During this unit, the students will expand their vocabulary knowledge related to their ve senses through visualizations and interactive web games. The students will be exposed to sensory learning to understand the functions of the ve senses in real-life experiences. Learning the ve senses is particularly important because it is how young children interact and experiences their surrounds. The students will participate in various hands-on activities when exploring their ve senses, such as taste testing and smelling experiments. The students will demonstrate their learning by drawing, matching, and asking or answering questions about their ve senses using speci c vocabulary words and writing skills. It is crucial that the students understand the functions of their ve senses to be able to express and understand how they are feeling, what they like and don’t like, as well as what makes them safe or uncomfortable so that the adults in their lives can understand them or help them accordingly. Tennessee State Standards K.W. RBPK.8 - Represent learning through drawing and dictation. K.FL.SC.6e/K.FL.VA.7c – Ask and answer questions about key vocabulary in My Five Senses.
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K.FL.VA.7a-i – Interpret expressions in My Five Senses and link them to sensory experiences.
