Body Parts & Senses
Identify, name, and locate basic parts of the human body and associate each body part with its sense
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“Can your child point to their eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin and tell you which sense each one is used for?”
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- Activity. Identify, name, and locate basic parts of the human body and associate each body part with its sense
What to notice. Label eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin on a body outline • Match each sense organ to its sense: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch • Describe a simple scenario for each sense (e.g. 'I use my nose to smell cookies baking')
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Can your child point to their eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin and tell you which sense each one is used for?
Identify, name, and locate basic parts of the human body and associate each body part with its sense
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- Label eyes, ears, nose, mouth, and skin on a body outline
- Match each sense organ to its sense: sight, hearing, smell, taste, touch
- Describe a simple scenario for each sense (e.g. 'I use my nose to smell cookies baking')
“Can your child point to their eyes, ears, nose, tongue, and skin and tell you which sense each one is used for?”
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- Type
- Conceptual
- Subject
- Science
- Domain
- Organisms & Life Processes
- Age range
- Ages 5–6
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