🌍 Science & Nature

My Five Senses

Ages 3–5

You will learn

Name the five senses and the part of the body we use for each one.

Before you start

Knowing the names of eyes, ears, nose, tongue and hands.

Quick answer

We have five senses. We see with our eyes, hear with our ears, smell with our nose, taste with our tongue, and feel (touch) with our skin.

Let’s learn

Our senses help us find out about the world around us. We have five senses.

Sense We use our… Example
👀 Seeing (sight) eyes a red balloon
👂 Hearing ears a bird singing
👃 Smelling nose yummy bread
👅 Tasting tongue a sweet strawberry
✋ Touching skin a soft kitten

Try it

Look around you. What can you see? What can you hear? Can you touch something smooth and something bumpy?

Check what you know

Choose an answer, then press Check. You can try again if you need to.

  1. 1 What do we use to see?
  2. 2 What do we use to hear music?
  3. 3 Which sense tells you a flower smells nice?
  4. 4 Which sense tells you a blanket is soft?

Try this next

Play a guessing game with a grown-up: close your eyes, then smell, touch or listen to something and guess what it is.