I have been tossing the idea of blogging my experiences teaching art for quite a while and have finally managed to sit down and do it at last. This blog is intended for anyone who is looking for ideas/inspiration for teaching art for young children. Watching kids create art is the most amazing, rewarding experience! This blog will be a day-to-day (hopefully) account of activities that I am doing and hopefully full of ideas that you can use with kids.
11 July 2018
Class 1 Body Senses
There are five senses that we used to explore and interact with the world around us: sight, smell, hearing, taste and touch.
Facts about senses
- There are five senses – sight, smell, touch, taste and hearing.
- Our senses help us to understand what’s happening around us.
- Our senses send messages through receptor cells to our brain, using our nervous system to deliver that message.
- There are four kinds of taste receptors on the tongue – bitter, sweet, salt and sour.
- Some parts of the skin are more sensitive than others – this is because they have more receptor cells.
- We taste food using both our sense of taste and smell.
- It’s fun to experiment with your senses – for example, make a chart of what foods taste bitter, sweet, salty and sour.
- If you cup your hand around your ear, you’ll hear more things – this is because you’re helping your ear gather more sounds.
- Not everyone is able to use all five of their senses. If someone cannot see, they are blind; if someone cannot hear, they are deaf.
- We can use all five of our senses at the same time without even realising it!
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