The Five Senses- Weekly Home Preschool Theme

SHARE:


Five Senses- Homeschool Preschool.  Science, crafts, snack, picture books, sensory play, and more for a week of EASY home school pre-k.

As this week went along, I felt like I wasn't really doing much in the way of preschool for this Five Senses Theme, but then when I sat down and started compiling this post, I realized how much we had actually done!  Using the five senses as a theme is a SO easy, because there are just so many options of activities to choose from. Some people even do a whole week on each one of the senses.  I just picked a couple of activities for each sense, and that worked well for us. We also did a couple of activities that focused on all of the senses together.  At the time we completed these activities, Lena was almost 4 and Maggie was 2.

If you like to do preschool at home using weekly themes, make sure you take a look at Over 30 COMPLETE Weekly Theme Preschool Units.  You can also read about our Daily Home Preschool Schedule and our whole list of 52 Weekly Preschool Themes.

This post may contain Amazon or other affiliate links.  If you use these links, I may earn a commission at no additional cost to you.   Click here for my full privacy and disclosure policies.

Picture Books 


The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses, part of Five Sense Theme- Weekly Home Preschool, Homeschool Pre-K

"The Magic School Bus" series is so cute, and the books are graphically rich and full of great information presented in a silly way that will grab your preschooler's attention.  This week we read The Magic School Bus Explores the Senses by Joanna Cole and Bruce Degan.  It is fairly long, so we didn't read it all in one sitting.  Instead, we read about one of the senses, then did our related activity, while we talked about what we had learned.

Picture Book Collage, Five Sense Theme- Weekly Home Preschool, Homeschool Pre-K

Other picture books we enjoyed this week were:

First Human Body Encyclopedia
by DK Publishing
Toes, Ears, and Nose by Karen Katz
Inside Your Outside: All About the Human Body (Cat in the Hat series) by Tish Rabe
The Ear Book by Al Perkins
The Eye Book by Dr. Seuss
The Nose Book by Al Perkins

Sense Of Sight


Sense of sight binocular craft, part of five Senses Theme- Weekly Homeschool Preschool

Binocular Craft

Make binoculars out of toilet paper tubes.  We always save these, so we have plenty for crafts.  Paint them and then let them dry, or just use markers or stickers to decorate.  Using white school glue, glue them together then clamp together with small binder clips while they dry.  Punch holes in the outer edge, add a string and a simple knot so that you can wear them around your neck, and voila-- you've got binoculars!  My girls loved these, and spent lots of time this week spying out of our back window at the birds (and at our neighbors-- haha).

Sense of Sight Binocular Craft, part of Five Sense Theme- Weekly Homeschool Preschool

Blindfold

To show the girls how powerful their sense of sight is, I had them wear a toboggan pulled over their eyes and gently guided them around the house.  There were lots of giggles, and they were able to see how much they rely on their sense of sight.

Sense Of Smell


Senses of Smell play dough, part of Five Senses Theme- Weekly Home Preschool

Make scented play dough, and then see if your little ones can identify what the scents are.  I used our favorite homemade play dough recipe from Tinkerlab (doubled), divided it into 4 parts, and then added cinnamon, vanilla, ground coffee beans, and lemon juice.  Lena was able to identify every one except the lemon, which didn't smell very strongly.  After we had done our smelling, I added food coloring to it for their free play.

sense of smell play dough, Sense of smell play dough, part of Five Senses Theme- Weekly Homeschool Preschool

Sense of Hearing


sense of hearing sound eggs, part of five Senses Theme- Weekly Homeschool Preschool
sense of hearing sound eggs, part of five Senses Theme- Weekly Homeschool Preschool

Sound Eggs

These were so much fun, and not nearly as much trouble to put together as I had anticipated.  It took me less than 5 minutes to gather our eggs and all the fillings.  Grab some plastic eggs (leftover from Easter) and anything that will make an interesting sound.  I used a bottle cap, pompoms, mini erasers, a jingle bell, coins, popcorn kernels, black beans, marbles, rice, buttons, beads, and dried pasta.

sense of hearing sound eggs, part of five Senses Theme- Weekly Homeschool Preschool

Show the eggs to your kids, have them shake them to listen to the contents, and see which ones they can identify.

Five Senses Theme- Weekly Home Preschool

We did this activity once before the girls had seen what was inside, and then several more times after they had seen the contents and knew what kind of thing they might be listening for.  We talked about how some things that were similar size and made of similar materials (the beads and the buttons, and the popcorn and beans) made similar sounds and were difficult to tell apart.

Sense Of Touch


Sense of Touch for Five Senses Theme- Weekly Homeschool Preschool

Sensory Bin

Use any sensory bin to talk about how things feel.  Discuss how the items feel in your hands, on your feet, or on another part of your body, like your arm.  This is a great way to illustrate how our touch receptors are stronger on certain parts of our bodies than others.

I pulled out last week's flower sensory bin, which I hadn't put away yet, and let the girls play with it after we read about the sense of touch.

Drawing on Backs

Draw shapes or letters on your child's back and see what they can identify.  Explain how their touch receptors are sending messages to their brains.

Touchy-Feely Box

Use an old wipes box and put a variety of objects inside.  Have your children reach in to see what they can identify.  I used a crayon, chapstick, feathers, marbles, a hair tie, a mint, a binder clip, several small wooden blocks, a puzzle piece, a cotton ball, a sponge, a button, small Russian nesting dolls, and some small animal figurines.

Sense of Touch for Five Senses Theme- Weekly Homeschool Preschool

We did this once before the girls had seen what was inside, and again after they knew some of what they might be trying to identify.  As they felt, I encouraged them to describe what they were feeling with adjectives (soft, hard, etc.), rather than just call out the object immediately.

Sense of Touch for Five Senses Theme- Weekly Homeschool Preschool

Sense Of Taste


Set up a simple taste test for your kids.  Choose foods that are sweet, salty, bitter, and sour.  Try placing the different foods on the different areas of our tongues that are more receptive to those particular tastes.  We also experimented with holding our noses while we ate to see how it affected our sense of taste.

All Five Senses


Five Senses Theme- Weekly Home Preschool

Popcorn Snack

Popcorn is the perfect snack for a five senses theme.  You can listen to it pop, then describe how it smells, feels, looks, and tastes.  It's also yummy.  Make sure your children are old enough to eat it, and supervise them closely!

Five Senses Theme- Weekly Home Preschool

Mr. Potato Head

You can easily use a Mr. Potato Head to discuss the five senses, since he comes with all the appropriate parts!  As we read some of our books this week, I gave each of my girls a Potato Head, and had them pick out and add the appropriate parts as we came to them in our reading.  Ask your child to add the part that is needed for sight, for hearing, etc.
 
Five Senses Theme- Weekly Home Preschool

 TV


The Magic School Bus (sometimes available on Netflix) has an episode on smell, called "Makes A Stink" that we watched.  It was a bit over Maggie's head, but Lena enjoyed it and understood it. 

There are also 5 episodes of Sid The Science Kid on the senses.  They are available on the PBS kids app.  We didn't have time to watch them this week, but always love the show.

Enjoy your Five Senses theme!  Make sure to have lots of fun!

Check out tons of other ideas for a Five Senses Preschool Theme on the Pinterest inspiration board below.

You May Also Be Interested In

Construction Theme- Weekly Home Preschool 

From Other Great Bloggers 

What's Missing? An Introductory Five Senses Activity from Stay At Home Educator 
FREE Five Senses Emergent Readers from The Measured Mom 
21 Five Senses Activities from No Time For Flashcards
Montessori Inspired Five Senses Activities from Mama's Happy Hive  


Five Senses- Homeschool Preschool


https://www.facebook.com/WhatCanWeDoWithPaperAndGlue/
 https://www.pinterest.com/paperglue/
https://www.instagram.com/whatcanwedowithpaperandglue/
http://madmimi.com/signups/125528/join

Name

activity animals art author back to school bears bees bird black history book extension book list books budget butterfly cats chalk chapter books children christmas cinco de mayo circus coins colors construction cookie craft crafts culture curriculum dentist different dinosaurs discovery table diy doctor dogs dolls Earth Day easter elementary fabric fall family family theme farm fathers day fine motor first grade five senses flowers food france fruit game geography gift gift guide gross motor grownup halloween healthy history homeschool ideas independence day insect insects invitation jungle keepsake kids kindergarten kindness kinesthetic learning lego letter of the week literacy lunch math menu resource mothers day music my body nature numbers obstacle course ocean organization origami ornament outer space painting paper parenting play play dough pops preschool preschool resource pretend printable process art pumpkin quiet time rainbows reading roundup recipe recycle Roundup science season second grade sensory Seuss sewing shapes snack snacks soup spanish spring st. patrick's day summer sweet bite Thanksgiving toddler toys transportation trees tutorial united states valentine vegetarian washi tape weather weekly theme winter yarn
false
ltr
item
What Can We Do With Paper And Glue: The Five Senses- Weekly Home Preschool Theme
The Five Senses- Weekly Home Preschool Theme
EASY activities for one week of homeschool preschool with a 5 senses theme. Science, crafts, snack, picture books, sensory play, and more!
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00n8wke6doPokMRm53CR0JOYjPtNDs_I8mtgo4ZYgZsx-vspF4_7hw6JgEuzmTJxQs8P8nfZ0PKsb6Oy9Cde8Od1U6zYvjXxtpQ913hzKV9ccy-62FmN_Iz7IDKOl1haB3QUGHsBmXmcP/s640/FiveSensesTheme.png
https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi00n8wke6doPokMRm53CR0JOYjPtNDs_I8mtgo4ZYgZsx-vspF4_7hw6JgEuzmTJxQs8P8nfZ0PKsb6Oy9Cde8Od1U6zYvjXxtpQ913hzKV9ccy-62FmN_Iz7IDKOl1haB3QUGHsBmXmcP/s72-c/FiveSensesTheme.png
What Can We Do With Paper And Glue
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/2014/06/the-five-senses-weekly-home-preschool.html?m=0
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/?m=0
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/
http://www.paper-and-glue.com/2014/06/the-five-senses-weekly-home-preschool.html
true
2983766635568173784
UTF-8
Not found any posts VIEW ALL Readmore Reply Cancel reply Delete By Home PAGES POSTS View All RECOMMENDED FOR YOU LABEL ARCHIVE SEARCH ALL POSTS Not found any post match with your request Back Home Sunday Monday Tuesday Wednesday Thursday Friday Saturday Sun Mon Tue Wed Thu Fri Sat January February March April May June July August September October November December Jan Feb Mar Apr May Jun Jul Aug Sep Oct Nov Dec just now 1 minute ago $$1$$ minutes ago 1 hour ago $$1$$ hours ago Yesterday $$1$$ days ago $$1$$ weeks ago more than 5 weeks ago Followers Follow THIS CONTENT IS PREMIUM Please share to unlock Copy All Code Select All Code All codes were copied to your clipboard Can not copy the codes / texts, please press [CTRL]+[C] (or CMD+C with Mac) to copy