Sense Train
Gather the five boxes together. attach paper wheels, paper chains between the cars and a smokestack to the first car to form an engine. Label each car and supply appropriate items for each box. Let the children play with the various items in each of the boxes explaining to them how each of the 5 senses work. Materials
Touch - sandpaper, hair pins, chalk, fabric scraps, Kleenex, cotton balls.
Taste - raw carrots, grapes, bananas, lemon slice, pickle, cheese cubes.
Sight - colored pieces of paper, toy kaleidoscope, View Master, sunglasses.
Sound - whistles, bells, woodblocks, tape recorded with various sounds (animals, water running, etc...)