Making Sense of

The Five Senses

Hearing Seeing Smelling
Tasting Feeling
 Hearing
• You hear with your ears.

• When you hear a drum

or a fire engine, you use
your sense of hearing.
Hearing is a sense we need.
• We use our ears to
hear.
• We need to listen
carefully.
• What are your favorite
sounds?
How many ears do you
have?

Close your eyes and

what do you hear?
 Seeing
• You see with your eyes.

• When you see an airplane

or a bird, you use your
sense of seeing.
 Sight is an important sense.

Clip • We see with our eyes.

• We read with our

eyes.

• What can you see

right now?
How many eyes do you
have?

Close your eyes and

name one thing in the
room.
 Smelling
• You smell with your nose.

• When you smell a rose or

a skunk, you use your
sense of smell.
Smelling is an important sense.
• We use our nose to
smell.
• Some things smell
good and some things
smell bad.
• What do you like to
smell?
Is your nose important?

Close your eyes and

smell what is in the
room.
 Tasting
• You taste with your tongue.

• When you taste a pizza or

cotton candy, you use your
sense of taste.
Tasting is an important sense.
• We taste with our
tongues.
• Some things taste
good and some things
taste bad.
• What do you like to
taste?
Do all things taste the
same?

Do you like the taste of pickle

juice of the taste of
cupcakes?
 Feeling
• You feel with your skin.

• When you feel a soft kitten

or a hot oven, you use your
sense of feeling.
One more sense is touching.
• We touch with our
fingers.
• Some things are soft
and some things are
rough.
• We can feel with
other parts of our
body.
How many fingers do you
have?

Touch your cheeks. Are

they soft?
 SIGHT
HEARING
SMELL

TASTE
TOUCH
 Which sense?
Which sense is best for each of these?
Hearing

Touch
Smell
Sight

Taste
You have now finished the lesson on
The Five Senses.
Click on the button below to watch a video
About the 5 senses. Then do the experiment
In your classroom!
 Do some of these activities!

What kind of touch?

 What taste?
A video about Sight
A video about Smell
A video about Hearing
A video about Touch
A video about Taste