Format
Introduction to our senses
Sense of touch activity
Sense of hearing activity
Sense of sight activity
Sense of smell activity
Sense of taste activity
Final challenge
Objectives
The participants will...
-learn about the 5 senses
-use their own senses to explore
-engage in using their senses to describe the world around them
Standards Alignment
National Standards
Common Core
Approaches to Learning
• PK.AL.3: Approaches tasks, activities and problems with creativity, imagination, and/or willingness to try new
experiences or activities.
Physical Development and Health
• PK.PD.1: Uses senses to assist and guide learning
• PK.PD.9: Demonstrates awareness of safety rules
Social and Emotional Development
• PK.SED.4: Develops positive relationships with their peers
Communication, Language and Literacy
Approaches to Communication
• PK.AC.3: Demonstrates that he/she understands what they observe.
Science
• PK.ST.1: Asks questions and makes predictions based on observations and manipulation of things and events in the environment.
State Standards
State of Michigan
Early Childhood Standards of Quality for Pre-Kindergarten, 2012
Children begin to develop skills of comparing and classifying objects, relationships and events in their environment. (HSCOP-M 3.2.1, 3.2.4, 3.3.2, 3.3.3)
Children show a beginning awareness of scientific knowledge related to living and nonliving things. (HSCOF 4.2.1, 4.2.2)