Senses – EYFS / KS1
Children use their 5 senses in a range of outdoor activities.
“The senses activities were perfect to fit the EYFS curriculum.” (Reception teacher)
Typical day:
10.00am – 10.45am – welcome / tour / health and safety
10.45am – 11.00am – Identify the parts of the body that we use for each sense.
11.00am – 11.15am – Sight: Colour collecting activity
11.15am – 11.45am – Sound: Sound mapping
11.45am – 1.00pm – lunch to include chocolate bananas cooked over the fire. Smell: describe the smells (fire, bananas, chocolate). Taste: Eat our chocolate bananas and describe the taste.
1.00pm – 1.45pm – Touch: Texture hunt.
1.45pm – plenary and walk back to bus
Possible learning objectives:
- Use all their senses in hands-on exploration
of natural materials. - Describe what they see, hear and feel
whilst outside. - Say which part of the body is associated with each sense
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