Look around and explore. Little ones use their five senses with some day-to-day activities designed to guide observation and apply STEM strategies. Young scientists learn through comparing/contrasting and observing with magnifiers as they become true scientists.

Concepts

the five senses, stem, making observations, observational skills, compare and contrast, Vocabulary

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Additional Tags

science

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Instructional Ideas

• Read alouds can be done in a circle under a tree or shady area to wake up the senses
• Make an anchor reference chart of all five senses

Classroom Considerations

• Scientific equipment is needed (list included)
• My Five Senses by Aliki is also translated into Spanish, should you need to do this lesson in Spanish
• Lesson is geared for preschool, but can be used in a kindergarten classroom as an introduction to science
• Break down into different activities for one week—all in one day would be overwhelming

Pros

• Has extensions and assessment
• Differentiated activities to use all five senses
• Excellent ideas listed in resource 
• Includes a week's worth of exercises

Cons

• None