Book for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
My Five Senses by Aliki
My Five Senses by Margaret Miller
The Five Senses by Adele Ciboul
Reading Center for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
Fill your preschool reading center not only with books about the five senses. Many books incorporate a look at all five in one cover, but others are specifically centered on either sight, hearing, touch, taste, or smell. One possibility regarding using books in your Five Senses preschool lesson plan is to spread it out through the entire week, focusing on one sense each day.
Snack for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
Popcorn: This Five Senses activity and snack can be accomplished either via stovetop, air popper or microwave.
Hear: Your preschool students will hear the popcorn popping. What does it sound like?
Smell: Your preschool students will smell the popcorn as it is popping and once it is served. What does it smell like?
Sight: Your preschool students will see the popcorn before, during and after it’s preparation. What does it look like?
Touch: Your preschool students will touch the popcorn with their hands as they eat it. What does it feel like?
Taste: Your preschool students will taste the popcorn after it has been popped. What does it taste like?
Concepts for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
Letter: Ss
Number: 5
Shape: oval
Color: brown
Fine Motor Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
Popcorn art: Let your preschool students pick up pieces of popcorn one at a time with their fingers, dip them in elmer’s glue and then put them on a sheet of brown construction paper. A great idea is to have them put the popcorn pieces on the letters S and s or the number 5.
Gross Motor Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
Lead your preschool students in The Hokey Pokey.
Art Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
Have your preschool students either draw a self-portrait or paint one with watercolors. Work with them to make sure that they include eyes for seeing, ears for hearing, a tongue for tasting, a nose for smelling and hands for touching.
Songs/Fingerplays for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
Some fingerplays and rhymes about the five senses can be found here.
Pre-math Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
Give each of your preschool students a sheet of paper with an outline of the number 5. Have them draw one thing they can see, one thing they can hear, one thing they can touch, one thing they can smell and one thing they can taste in the outline. Voila! They have drawn five things in the number 5.
Pre-writing Center Activities for Preschool Lesson Plan: Five Senses
For younger students, provide sheets of paper with the letters S and s lightly printed on them. Have the children trace the letters. do the same with the number 5.
For older students, provide an example of the letters S and s and the number 5. Have the students practice writing the letters and number freehand.
