My Senses: Day One

Sight

Introduce senses by reading a book about all five, such as: My Five Senses--Aliki.

Sing "My Heavenly Father Loves Me," a song about being grateful for our senses.

Today we are going to talk about the sense of sight. You see with your eyes.

Read The Eye Book--Dr. Seuss. Our eyes see so many things. We should be very grateful that we can see the beautiful world around us. Some people cannot see, which can be challenging.

To let children experience a little bit of what it might be like to not be able to see, play "Blind Man's Bluff." (Blindfold child and see if they can find you just by listening to your voice.)


*Kyle hated being blindfolded, by the way. I guess it's glad he was blessed with the sense of sight. (He did like ME being blinded, though. Maybe he wanted to get into some trouble while my eyes were closed.)

There are SO many things in this world to see. Read "Brown Bear, Brown Bear, What do you See?" Talk about how our eyes help us to see things in the world around us.

Play "Do You See What I See" with the children by describing things in the room and asking if they can see what you see. Ex: I see something red and round. Do you see what I see? If someone guesses correctly, they get to be "it." If not, keep giving clues about the object until it's guessed correctly.

See Song
(Lou, Lou, Skip to my Lou)

See, see, what do you see?
See, see, what do you see?
See, see, what do you see?
What do you see with your eyes? (Let children answer)

Art:

Have children color a picture of eyes to match their own.

Things I See

Materials:

• Magazines
• Pictures of your class and the outdoors
• Paint
• Paper

Directions:

• Let your children make a collage of things that they see in their day

Let them See

• Make binoculars or telescopes out of toilet paper and paper towel rolls .
• Make glasses out of pipe cleaners.
• Make an Eye Chart with different sized letters. Have children play eye doctor and read the letters. See if they can read them from different distances.
  
• Have children spy/match same color materials on to matching construction paper

Activities:

Go on a walk and talk about all the things the children see. When you get back, write or draw pictures of everything you saw on your walk.

Let children investigate "I Spy" books or "Where's Waldo." Ask what they see or have them point out objects on the pages.


I Spy Bottle:
Use an empty water bottle (or large soda bottle for a bigger scale) and place several small objects such as: buttons, coins, keys, pins, beads, paper clips, etc. inside. Fill the rest of the bottle with rice or sand. Let children shake the bottle and roll it around to find all the hidden treasures. Ask them what they are able to see.