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Preschool, year round

Preschool: 5 Senses

January 15, 2018

Learning about the 5 senses is such a fun preschool theme. I loved coming up with all kinds of ways to capitalize on Madelynn’s curiosity through fun science explorations.

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Here were our plans for our 5 Senses theme:

Tons of five senses themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

  And here are the details for each activity:

This five senses journal writing activity is a great way to show learning, practice fine motor skills and learn about writing. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

5 Senses Book: Smelling

This week I chose a series of books about the senses so that we could focus on one sense each day. We used The Five Senses (series) by Rebecca Rissman, and we started out with Smelling.After reading, Madelynn completed the My 5 Senses: Smelling book by following the directions on each page.  We talked about the part of the body used to smell, things we can smell, sorted good/bad smells, and more.

This five senses journal writing activity is a great way to show learning, practice fine motor skills and learn about writing. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

5 Senses Book: Hearing

Our next book in The Five Senses (series) by Rebecca Rissman was Hearing. After reading, Madelynn completed the My 5 Senses: Hearing book by following the directions on each page.  We talked about the part of the body used to hear, things we can hear, sorted loud/quiet sounds, and more.

This five senses journal writing activity is a great way to show learning, practice fine motor skills and learn about writing. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

5 Senses Book: Seeing

  Our next book in The Five Senses (series) by Rebecca Rissman was Seeing. After reading, Madelynn completed the My 5 Senses: Seeing book by following the directions on each page.  We talked about the part of the body used to see, things we can see, sorted big/small items, and more.

This five senses journal writing activity is a great way to show learning, practice fine motor skills and learn about writing. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

  5 Senses Book: Tasting

Our next book in The Five Senses (series) by Rebecca Rissman was Tasting. After reading, Madelynn completed the My 5 Senses: Tasting book by following the directions on each page.  We talked about the part of the body used to taste, things we can taste, sorted salty/sweet tastes, and more.

This five senses journal writing activity is a great way to show learning, practice fine motor skills and learn about writing. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

5 Senses Book: Touching

Our last book in The Five Senses (series) by Rebecca Rissman was Touching. After reading, Madelynn completed the My 5 Senses: Touching book by following the directions on each page.  We talked about the part of the body used to touch, things we can touch, sorted soft/sharp things, and more.

This funfetti cake mix writing tray is fun for letter writing and fine motor practice with a five senses theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

5 Senses Letter Writing Tray:

  Our first literacy activity this week was a 5 senses themed letter writing tray.  To make this fun sensory activity I filled our shallow tray with funfetti cake mix. Madelynn used cupcake letter cards as a model and chose which ones she wanted to practice.  Then she used birthday candles and/or her finger to write letters in the yummy scented tray.

This five senses sound stamping activity is perfect for letter, sound, and fine motor practice with a five senses theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Five Senses Sound Stamping:

  Next, for more letter practice we used our dot stampers. We started out stamping inside the letter to make a F. Then Madelynn had to find the upper and lowercase f’s in the hand, stamp them and make the “F” sound each time. Then she stamped the other letters different colors and tried to make the sounds for each one.

This mystery words activity is a fun and easy way to work on sounding out words with a five senses theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Mystery Words:

  Madelynn used her sense of sight to look at the pictures on each card.  After saying the word, she tried to stretch out the sounds in the word and write them in the boxes on each card.

This 5 senses name craftivity is fun for name writing, recognition, and fine motor practice with a 5 senses theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

5 Senses Name Craft:

  For this week’s name craft we created this fun five senses labeling craft.  First Madelynn cut the girl and popcorn pieces out. Then she wrote the letters in her name on each piece of popcorn. After she finished writing, she glued the girl and popcorn bucket pieces together.  Then she added the popcorn to the bucket in order to spell her name. Finally she added the labels for each of the five senses.

This five senses journal writing activity is a great way to show learning, practice fine motor skills and learn about writing. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 5 Senses Journal Writing:

For our journal this week Madelynn chose to draw something that smells yummy. She decided to draw pizza, YUM!  After drawing I asked her what she wanted to write about her picture. She said, “I like pizza.” So I drew 3 lines, then we worked on writing the sounds together. She wrote “i K pi.”

This color by shape cake activity is perfect for identifying and naming shapes and fine motor practice with a five senses theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Color By Shape Cake:

We worked on identifying more shapes for our color by the code activity this week. Madelynn worked on identifying and naming 5 basic shapes. I told her the color for each shape and she had to search and color each one in the picture.

Practice beginning addition with this hands on ring the bell activity. Perfect for a five senses theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Ring the Bell Addition:

  Our math focus this week was beginning addition and subtraction so we started with this ring the bell sound addition game.  I printed and laminated a bell addition mat. Madelynn chose 2 number magnets and placed them on the addition mat. Then she added that number of jingle bells to each side of the bell at the top. Finally she counted the bells to find the total and used another number magnet to show the total.

This search and solve addition activity was a great way to get moving while practicing new math skills with a five senses theme. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Search and Solve:

  For this addition activity, I hid magnifying glass number cards around the house. Madelynn used her sense of sight and a magnifying glass to find the hiding the number cards. After she found 2 cards, she wrote the numbers on the recording sheet, then counted to add the numbers together. She recorded the total then searched for 2 more cards and repeated until she filled her page.

Practice beginning addition with this pom pom addition activity. Perfect for a five senses theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Pom Pom Addition:

For this hands on addition activity Madelynn used her sense of touch to practice adding fuzzy pom poms. I printed the hand page on several colors of cardstock, laminated them and cut each one out. Then I used hot glue to attach 1-5 pom poms to each hand. Madelynn chose 2 hands and placed them on the pom pom addition mat. Then she used number magnets  to record the numbers. Finally she counted the pom poms to find the total and used another number magnet to record.

Practice beginning subtraction with this yummy froot loop subtraction activity. Perfect for a five senses theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Froot Loop Subtraction:

  I introduced subtraction this week with this yummy Froot Loop subtraction activity. I printed and laminated the cereal bowl subtraction mat. Madelynn rolled 2 dice and placed them on the subtraction mat with the larger number first (another great skill to practice as well!) Then she added the first number of Froot Loops cereal to the bowl. Next she took away the second number of and ate them. Finally she used a dry erase marker to show how many pieces were left.

This Jell-O sensory craft was a fun way to create our own yummy smelling art. Great for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Jell-O Sensory Art:

  This art project was a feast for the senses! I filled small cups with different colors of powdered Jell-O. Madelynn used clear glue to draw pictures on white cardstock, one part at a time. Then she sprinkled Jell-O power on the glue and watched as it changed colors and smelled amazing! I helped her shake off the excess powder and she repeated the process to complete a colorful picture.

This match the sound activity was a fun way to explore our sense of sound. Great for a five senses theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Match The Sound:

For a little sound science investigation, we played a match the sound guessing game. I filled 10 small bottles with 5 different items (pom poms, buttons, straws, jingle bells, beans, etc.) so that each bottle had a match. Then I covered the bottles with paper so that the contents were not visible and numbered them 1-10. Madelynn had to shake to find the bottles that sounded the same. When she thought she found a match, she had to write the numbers, and guess what was inside. Then she opened them to find out and drew it on the response page.

We had a blast making these color collages for our five senses theme. Perfect for tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

 Color Collage:

Madelynn used her sense of sight to create this beautiful color collage. I cut strips of paper in ROYGBIV colors. She glued the colored strips to a white piece of paper to create a rainbow. Then she sorted colored objects and glued them to the matching strip on paper to create a rainbow collage.

This guess the object activity was a fun way to explore our sense of touch. Great for a five senses theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Guess the Object:

For a little touch science investigation, we played a guess the object guessing game. I filled a small bag with 6 different objects. With a blindfold on, Madelynn reached into the bag to touch and feel a mystery item in the bag. She guessed what the item was and drew it. Then she took the item out to find out if she was correct and drew it.

We LOVE this Jell-O sensory bin. Perfect for exploration with a five senses theme in tot school, preschool, or even kindergarten!

Jell-O Sensory Bin:

  In this bin: Jell-O or Jell-O jigglers in ROYGBIV colors, cups, scoops, and fine motor tools

     I chose to make jigglers so they’d hold their shape a bit more, but you could make regular Jell-O for a more squishy messy experience. After each color was set, I cut them into small squares and placed them in a sensory bin in rainbow order. Madelynn used all 5 senses to explore the bin and we discussed how each sense is being used which a fun way to wrap up our 5 senses theme.  

Want all of this week’s Five Senses activities for preschool?  You can grab them here:
On my site : Five Senses Plans & Printables On TpT: Five Senses Plans & Printables

Tons of five senses themed activities and ideas. Weekly plan includes books, literacy, math, science, art, sensory bins, and more! Perfect for tot school, preschool, or kindergarten.

Or you can grab our entire year of themes and plans:
On my site here: Preschool Bundle On TpT here: Preschool Bundle

45 weeks of engaging themed activities and ideas ready to go for your 3-4 year old. Weekly plans include reading comprehension, literacy, math, sensory play, arts & crafts and Science/social studies concepts. Everything you need for a year packed full of Preschool fun and learning.

Then check out the rest of our 45+ themes on the Preschool Curriculum Main Page.

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Bright ideas for the little learners ~ Mrs. Plemons' Kindergarten is an education blog dedicated to fresh, engaging, and fun teaching ideas for toddlers, preschoolers, and the primary classroom.

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  1. Isabel says: September 16, 2020 at 2:30 pm

    The links that you have for the senses books on Amazon are listed for $800!!

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    • Jessica says: January 17, 2021 at 10:12 pm

      Oh boy! Any five sense book series would definitely work as a replacement!

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