The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 1A | I Use My Eyes to See 25 Show image 2A-4: Girl with eyes shut
This girl is blinking.[Model blinking for students and have students blink with you.]
You are blinking when your eyelids come down and cover your
eyeballs.[Point to the girl’s eyelids in the picture.]
Even when you are not thinking about it, your eyes blink by
themselves every few seconds. Your eyes need to blink to keep your
eyeballs moist, or a little bit wet. You also blink if something harmful
like sand or a small bug gets into your eye.The long hairs on your eyelids are called eyelashes.[Point to the girl’s eyelashes and ask the students to say eyelashes.]
Your eyelashes help keep dirt out of your eyes. And your eyebrows
are important too.[Point to the girl’s eyebrows and ask students to say eyebrows.]
Your eyebrows help keep water and sweat from dripping down into
your eyes. Show image 2A-5: Tears
Tears come out of your tear ducts to protect your eyes, too[Point to the girl’s tears.]
Tears keep your eyes moist and help make harmful things like dirt and
small bugs come out of your eyes. Show image 2A-7: Eye color
Your eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows protect your eyes from the
outside.[Point to the eyelids, eyelashes, and eyebrows in the picture and ask students
to name them along with you.]
But what about protecting the inside of your eyes? Luckily, eyes can
protect themselves with the help of the iris and the pupil.[Point to the iris and pupil. Tell students to say iris and pupil as you point to
them in the pictures.]