Kindergarden - The Five Senses

The Five Senses: Supplemental Guide 5A | I Use My Skin to Touch 123

Say bumpy with me.

[Point to the close-up of the quills.]

What about knives, needles and scissors? Or porcupine quills?

What word do we use to describe the way these things feel?

Say the word sharp with me.

 Show image 6A-6: Hand on shish kebabs over coals

Your sense of touch helps to protect you and keep you safe and

healthy. If you have touched something that was too hot and got an

injury like a burn, you will probably remember never to do that again,

because it hurt! An injury is hurt done to yourself or someone else.

Show image 6A-7: Child making snow angel

Sometimes you are ready to go outside and play, but then someone

calls you back inside and says, “Put on a coat!” If you go outside in

the snow wearing only a T-shirt, then all the nerves under your skin

will become very sensitive, and you will feel cold. You need to put on

extra clothing, like a coat and hat and mittens.

 Show image 6A-8: Mosquito bite

Nobody likes to get a mosquito bite. When a mosquito bites you, you

feel an itch. The nerves in your skin make you feel itchy.

[Model itching and have students copy you and say, “Itchy!”]

The pain you feel when you get a bee sting, or other injuries like a

scrape on your knee, is your body’s way of warning you to be more

careful next time.

[Pretend you are hurt. Have students copy you and say, “Ouch!”]

 Show image 6A-1: Hands on grass

Just like your other senses, your sense of touch is always ready to

work. You probably don’t even think about most of the things you

touch or feel during the day. But your nerves are always paying

attention, and they will let you know if something hurts, tickles, or

itches.

[Gesture to show hurt, tickle, and itch. Have students make up gestures for

hurt, tickle, and itch.]