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FIVE SENSES CENTERS

Sight & Touch Center
Have different textured objects in an open container. Have the child pick up the object and feel it.

Hearing, Sight, & Touch Center
Have different items in black film canisters, margarine containers, or other containers. Some items can include: pennies, macaroni, cereal, and rice. The child will guess what is in each container (if old enough to understand). Have the child shake the container. Have the child carefully open the container and look in it. Let the child feel it.

Touch & Sight Center
Have many objects placed in a box. Have the child place a hand in the box and try to guess what he/she is feeling. Have different objects that may include any of the following: piece of yarn, rock, pine cone, rubber band, seashell, stick, bird's feather, piece of ribbon, etc. Have the child take it out and look at it.

Touch and Sight Center

For younger children: Go to the center and smell the object. Tell the child if it had a smell (or not). Drop one of the objects into the water. Ask the child if they know what that object just did. Tell him/her it sunk (or it floated). Have the child do it. You can have the child predict what will happen (if they are old enough to understand; otherwise let them explore and have fun). (Ask the child if he/she heard something.)

Have objects that may include any of the following: rubber band, rock, eraser, film canister, paper clip, pine cone, etc.

   Have the child predict what will happen to each object when it is placed in a container of water (if it will sink or float). (Write the prediction on the paper.)
   Have the child touch each item, place it in the water, and see what happens. (Write the result on the paper.)
   Have the child listen for a sound it makes (if any.)

Have something that looks somewhat like the below on a piece of paper. Omit certain parts if you don't use all the senses listed above.
For younger children, place pictures of the different senses. For the "Will not" senses, place a line across it.

Label the page: Sink and Float Experiment

On the top of the page, type this (and add other objects).

My Prediction

The Five Senses Center (Smell/Sight/Touch/Taste/Hear)
Have different types of food in different plastic bags inside small lunch bags. Number each bag. Have the child predict what it is. Have them write (or draw) what the think it is on a numbered piece of paper. Have the child look in the bag and check if his/her prediction was correct. Have the child taste each food. Have the child mark on the piece of paper if they heard a noise when they tasted the food.

For younger children: Have the child smell what is in the bag, look at the food, take the food out of the bag, taste the food, and listen for a sound as they eat it.

Note: Make sure to check to find out from parents if any child is unable to eat any of the foods you will put in the bag.