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The Five Senses: Everything You Need

Help students build an awareness of their senses and test the limits of each one.

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Let’s Make Sensory Books

Grades: PreK–K

Children will develop sensory awareness, as well as creative-thinking skills, as they create collage books.

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Activity Plan 3-4: Hands-Only Hide and Seek

Grades: PreK–K

Children will use their sense of touch to pair the same objects together in this ready-to-use teaching idea for three- and four-year olds. Activity: Math.

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Senses Resources

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2, 3–5, 6–8, 9–12

Check out these great books at The Teacher Store.

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Indoor Activities, Online Activities, Online Learning Activities, Book Resources

Scholastic's The Magic School Bus

Grades: 1–2, 3–5

Hop on the Magic School Bus with these fun games, tours, and videos! Join Ms. Frizzle and her class as they explore the world at the official site...

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Articles

Activities: Sight, Sounds, and More

Grades: PreK–K

INFANT ACTIVITIESSoothing Sights and SoundsHang commercially made windchimes or make your own by stringing s

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Book Resources, Books

All About Sound

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

There are many types of sounds in the world, from drums to guitars to laughing and singing. Children learn about what makes sounds and how sounds...

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I'm Deaf and It's Okay

Grades: 3–5

Not being able to listen for monsters or talk on the telephone makes a deaf boy angry. Can seventeen-year-old Brian help the boy to see that it is...

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Let's Talk about Deafness

Grades: 3–5

This book describes deafness, its causes, and how deaf people can learn communication techniques that allow them to function well in society.

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Book Resources, Books

Can You Hear a Rainbow? the Story of a Deaf Boy Named Chris

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

Chris is a boy who was born deaf. This story looks at his life at home and school, and explains how his family and friends help him do the same...

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Book Resources, Books

Communicating With The Deaf

Grades: 3–5

Alexander Graham Bell and Edward Gallaudet were both renowned teachers of the deaf, but they disagreed about whether lip-reading or sign language...

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Book Resources, Books

I Have a Sister--My Sister Is Deaf

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

A girl relates the everyday events and experiences of her deaf sister, helping readers better understand the challenges faced by the hearing-...

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Articles

Pioneers In Our Field: Maria Montessori - A Sensory Approach to Learning

Grades: Early Childhood, Infant, PreK–K

Pioneers In Our Field features Maria Montessori: Sensory Approach to Learning.

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Infants & Toddlers: How Children Develop Sensory Awareness

Grades: Early Childhood, PreK–K

Teachers who work with infants and toddlers can heighten the children's awareness of the world around them by stimulating the senses. Tips for...

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Activities and Games, Lesson Plans, Book Descriptions

Sort It Out with Senses!

Grades: 3–5, 6–8

Get a free lesson plan from Scholastic Book Fairs, based on the book Pictures of Hollis Woods, by Patricia Reilly Giff. With reading comprehension...

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Infants & Toddlers: The Power of Sensory Experiences

Grades: Early Childhood, PreK–K

Alice Sterling Honig provides some understanding on how babies learn through their senses.

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Activity Plan 5-6: Wind Sounds

Grades: PreK–K

Students collect branches and other materials to make the wind chimes and observe their wind chimes as a class.

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Lesson Plans

Making Sense of Our Senses

Grades: PreK–K

A series of lessons that give students the opportunity to explore the five senses and develop literacy skills as they use each one.

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Meeting Learning Challenges: Working with the Child Who Is Sensory Reactive

Grades: PreK–K

Greenspan discusses helping preschool children who overreact or underreact to the feelings, sights, and sounds of the environment. Many children...

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Working With the Child Who Has Sensory Integration Disorder

Grades: PreK–K

Working With the Child Who Has Sensory Integration Disorder

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Lesson Plans

Want a Taste?

Grades: PreK–K, 1–2

Instructions for building a model of the tongue and mouth. This activity allows students to get a close-up look at taste buds.

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Activity Plans Mixed Ages: Shh ... What's That Sound?

Grades: PreK–K

Children will practice listening and use problem-solving skills as they explore sounds in this ready-to-use teaching idea for mixed ages.

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Activity Plan 4-5: Spice It Up

Grades: PreK–K

Children will learn about and compare different types of spices to develop sensory and cultural awareness in this ready-to-use teaching idea for...

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Activity Plan Mixed Ages: Learning About Sounds

Grades: PreK–K

Children will identify and create different sounds in their environment to develop sensory awareness and language skills in this ready-to-use...

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