Five Senses Thematic Unit Five Senses provides lesson plans and cross-curricular activities based on the following pieces of literature: The Town Mouse and the Country Mouse, The Little Red Hen. This reproducible resource is filled with ready-to-use lessons and cross-curricular activities. Also included are management ideas, creative suggestions for the classroom, and a bibliography.

Great Ideas:

Feet Treat
...Fun for little feet. Submitted by: Steven

Plastic Egg Hunt
...A guessing game. Submitted by: Karen LaVarnway.

Pumpkin Finger Painting video
For preschoolers a finger painting activity with a Halloween or fall twist. Finger painting is a great for gross motor hand skills, color recognition, teaching beginning printing skills, individual finger awareness, and it is so much fun! This is a Cullen's abc's video lesson plan.

Sensory Bottles
...Art and exploration. Submitted by: Jessica

Slime
...Texture and exploration.

Space Pudding
...Sensory, Math, Science. Submitted by: Stacey.

Treasure Hunt
...Refine observation skills. Submitted by: E.Louise.

Water Fun video - new
Using household items with water to help build large and small motor skills. This is a Cullen's abc's video lesson plan.

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