Lesson Plan in Self-Help Skills

ID Sequence – Primary Level 1

I. OBJECTIVES:
At the end of the lesson the students must be able to:
a. identify the five senses and their functions

II. Subject Matter:

a. Topic: The Five Senses
b. Reference:

Special curriculum for the Mentally Handicapped

https://www.teachervision.com/five-senses-kindergarten
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q1xNuU7gaAQ
c. Materials: Picture cards, chalkboard, videos, music, objects, worksheets.
d. Value Focus: Awareness, Cooperation, Obedience,

III. Procedure
a. Preparation:
1. Check students attendance.
2. Sing “Rise and Shine” song.
3. Prayer
4. Greet each other with “good morning”.

b. Motivation
 On the board or a large piece of chart paper, draw a stick figure
without eyes, ears, mouth, nose, or hands.
 Ask children to think about the important features that the person is
missing.
 Prompt them to suggest that the figure needs eyes.
 Follow the same procedure and add ears, nose, mouth, and hands.
 Explain that seeing, hearing, smelling, tasting, touching, and feeling
are the five senses.
 Tell children that people use their senses to learn about the world.

c. Lesson Proper
 Have students watch a video on the five sense.
  Elaborate each sense by modelling and giving examples.
Note: Discuss one sense per week.

 (Week 1) Sight – show different pictures and tell that eyes are used
to see the picture
 (Week 2) Hearing – play music/instrument and tell that ears are
used to hear the sounds
 (Week 3) Smell – present food/perfume and tell that nose is used to
smell them.
 (Week 4) Taste – present food and tell that mouth is used to know
how they taste.
 (Week 5) Touch – touch the wall/tiles and tell that hands are used
to know how they feel.

d. Application

 Organise a sensory center for each of the five senses.

 Note: Discuss one sense per week.

• Sight: Display a small tray with 5-10 items on it. (Items might include a
leaf, cotton ball, rock, crayon, and rubber band). Let students study the
tray. Challenge each child to classify similar items they saw on the tray.
• Sound: Fill small boxes with small items such as paper clips, rice, pebbles,
pennies, and marbles. Each box should have a plastic-egg/small container
"partner" with the exact same items in it. Children can shake the eggs and
listen carefully to find each egg's partner.
• Smell: Fill brown envelopes with items such as bread, vinegar, perfume,
garlic, and coffee beans. Encourage students to identify, describe and
classify the smells without looking into the envelopes.
• Taste: Have children taste different food and try to describe them.
Challenge students to classify the food based on their taste.
• Touch: Put a variety of items under a towel for children to feel (pine
cones, sandpaper, rocks, leaves, feathers, sponges, leather, etc). Then
have them identify, describe and classify the texture of each object.
 Give the worksheet below and have student draw an example of an
object that uses the sense of sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.
e. Evaluation
 Give out worksheets for students to accomplish.

Prepared by:
ELAINE A. HUPEDA