What are senses?
Senses are the things that make us aware of what is around us. Without our senses we wouldn’t be able to know that chocolate cake is really good, or we wouldn’t know what our mother or father looked like. Our senses help us understand what is around us. Most human beings have five senses, can you name them? Sight Smell Taste Touch Hearing Can you give examples of how we use our senses everyday? Sight To look both ways before we cross the street. Pick out the clothes we wear to school. Smell To smell the food we eat. To smell flowers. Taste Tasting food. Without taste we wouldn’t know if food was good or not. Taste lets you know that candy is sweet and lemons are sour. Touch Can tell if a surface is hot or not. To feel the soft fur of your cat. Hearing Listening to music. Listening to friends. What body part allows us to see things? EYES; Our eyes have special cells that take in images. What body part allows us to smell things? NOSE; There are special cells that line our nose that allow