Kindergarden - The Five Senses

The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 5A | I Use My Skin to Touch 121

Presenting the Read-Aloud 10 minutes

I Use My Skin to Touch

 Show image 6A-1: Hands on grass

The sense of touch is something you use almost all the time. You are

using your sense of touch right now. Your body knows whether you

are sitting on something hard or soft and whether you are cold or

warm.

 Show image 6A-2: Hands

Remember that every sense has its own body part. Who can tell me

what body part you use for hearing?

[Call on a student to answer.]

Who can tell me what body part we use for sight?

[Call on a student to answer.]

Who can tell me what body part we use for taste?

[Call on a student to answer.]

Who can tell me what body part we use for smell?

[Call on a student to answer.]

What do you use for the sense of touch? If you guessed hands or

fingers, then you’re partly right. You use your hands to touch things

most of the time. However, you can touch with every part of your

body that is covered with skin.

[Point to the different parts of your body that have skin.]

Every part of your body that has skin has the sense of touch.

[Ask students to touch skin somewhere on their body. Make note of the fact

that they may be touching different parts of their bodies, not just their hands,

because skin covers the entire body.]

Have you ever jumped into a cold swimming pool on a hot day?

When you are in the water you get a nice, cool feeling all over your

body because the skin on your back, legs, and arms is touching the

cool water.