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Body Parts and Senses: A Beach Adventure with Ollie

Body Parts and Senses: A Beach Adventure with Ollie

Learn the parts of the body and the five senses by building, drawing and labelling a person and matching each sense to its body part.

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What you'll learn

  • Name the head, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, tummy, legs and feet
  • Name face parts, elbows, knees, fingers and toes
  • Draw a person and label it with lines to each part
  • Name the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch
  • Match eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin to their senses
  • Know that skin all over the body can feel things

Chapter by chapter

  1. Naming body parts: head, neck, shoulders, arms, hands, tummy, legs and feet

    Year 1 science · 1

  2. Naming smaller body parts: eyes, ears, nose, mouth, hair, elbows, knees, fingers and toes

    Year 1 science · 1

  3. Drawing a person and labelling the parts of the body

    Year 1 science · 1

  4. The five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch

    Year 1 science · 1

  5. Which body part goes with each sense: eyes, ears, nose, tongue and skin

    Year 1 science · 1

  6. Body and Senses Treasure Challenge (10 questions) (10 questions)

What the chapters cover in the national curriculum in England:

  1. Year 1 science: Identify, name, draw and label the basic parts of the human body and say which part of the body is associated with each sense

About this adventure

Body Parts and Senses is an interactive game that teaches children aged 5–7 to name, draw and label the parts of the human body and say which body part goes with each of the five senses. It follows the Year 1 science curriculum in England.

Ollie the octopus narrates every step at Sunny Bay. Children tap and label parts on a friendly figure called Sam, rebuild a sand model, and bend Sam's elbow and knee to find the joints. They trace a person with a finger, then drag labels so each line points to the right part.

On the beach they use sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch, from guessing sounds to pulling things from a feely bag. Then they link each sense to the eyes, ears, nose, tongue or skin, and find out that skin feels all over the body, not just on the hands.

Questions and answers

What are the five senses and which body parts do we use?

The five senses are sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. We see with our eyes, hear with our ears, smell with our nose, taste with our tongue and feel with our skin.

Do we only touch things with our hands?

No, we can feel things with the skin all over our body. Our feet feel warm sand, our face feels the wind and our arms feel a tickly feather, because skin covers the whole body.

How do you teach a child to label the parts of the body?

Start with the main parts, then draw a simple person and add word labels. Each label needs a line that goes from the word and touches the part it names, so the line for knee must reach the knee.

What age is this body parts and senses game for?

It is made for children aged 5 to 7 and matches the Year 1 science curriculum in England. Every instruction is read aloud, so children who are still learning to read can play on their own.

What does the game include and how long does it take?

It has five chapters, each with an animated introduction, hands-on activities and a short check, plus a 10-question Treasure Challenge and an optional wiggle warm-up. Playing everything takes about 40 minutes, and chapters can be played in any order.

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