K1L1 Sensory Adventures

Lesson Duration: 45 minutes

Grade: K1

Preparation Time: 15 minutes

Learning Objectives

1. Children will be able to identify and name the five senses.

2. Children will be able to use their senses to explore and describe different objects and experiences.

3. Children will be able to match sensory experiences with the corresponding sense organ.

Lesson Procedure

3 mins - Welcome Time

• Sing the "Hello Song"

• Introduce today's topic: "Today we're going on a Sensory Adventure!"

10 mins - Hands-On Challenge 1: Rainbow Colors (Sight)

• Show children a large rainbow picture

• Introduce or review basic color names: red, orange, yellow, green, blue, purple

• Give each child a set of colored objects (e.g., blocks, pompoms)

• Ask children to sort the objects by color, matching them to the rainbow

• Play a quick game: "I spy with my little eye something [color]"

8 mins - Hands-On Challenge 2: Smell and Tell (Smell)

• Prepare small containers with different scents (e.g., vanilla, lemon, mint, cinnamon)

• Blindfold children or ask them to close their eyes

• Let each child smell a container and guess what it is

• Discuss: "Do all these smells make you feel the same? Which one do you like best?"

8 mins - Hands-On Challenge 3: Sound Safari (Hearing)

• Play recordings or use instruments to make different sounds (e.g., bird chirping, drum beating, bell ringing)

• Ask children to identify each sound

• Discuss whether sounds are high or low pitch

• Play a game where children act out being the source of different sounds (e.g., pretend to be a bird or play an air guitar)

8 mins - Hands-On Challenge 4: Mystery Bag (Touch)

• Prepare bags with various objects of different textures (e.g., soft toy, rough stone, smooth ball)

• Children take turns feeling inside the bag without looking

• Ask them to describe what they feel (e.g., "It's soft", "It's bumpy")

• See if they can guess what the object is based on touch alone

6 mins - Hands-On Challenge 5: Tongue Map (Taste)

• Show a simple diagram of a tongue with different taste areas highlighted

• Explain that different parts of our tongue can taste different flavors

• Prepare small samples of foods representing different tastes:

- Sweet (e.g., a small piece of fruit)

- Salty (e.g., a pretzel bit)

- Sour (e.g., a small lemon slice)

- Bitter (e.g., a tiny bit of unsweetened cocoa)

• Let children taste each sample and describe what they taste

• Discuss which tastes they like best

2 mins - Wrap-Up

• Recap: "Today we explored our five senses: seeing with our eyes, smelling with our nose, hearing with our ears, touching with our hands, and tasting with our tongue!"

• Sing the "Goodbye Song"