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The Five Senses for Kids: Explore Your Body with Bo

The Five Senses for Kids: Explore Your Body with Bo

Learn the five senses and which body part goes with each, by labelling Bo's body, smelling picnic treats, listening for sounds and feeling a feely box.

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What you'll learn

  • Name and label the head, neck, arms, elbows, hands, legs, knees and feet
  • Name and label the eyes, ears, nose, mouth and tongue
  • Name the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch
  • We see with our eyes and hear with our ears
  • We smell with our nose and taste with our tongue
  • Touch is felt through our skin, all over the body

Chapter by chapter

  1. Parts of the body: name and label them Free to try

    Year 1 science · 1

  2. Parts of the face: eyes, ears, nose, mouth and tongue

    Year 1 science · 1

  3. Sight and hearing: we see with our eyes and hear with our ears

    Year 1 science · 1

  4. Smell and taste: we smell with our nose and taste with our tongue

    Year 1 science · 1

  5. Touch: we feel with our skin, plus all five senses

    Year 1 science · 1

  6. Senses challenge: body parts and the five senses (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

The Five Senses for Kids is an interactive science game that teaches children aged 5–7 to name and label the parts of the body and say which body part goes with each of the five senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch.

Guided by Ollie the owl, children draw a cartoon boy called Bo by dragging his body parts into place, then label his head, neck, arms, elbows, hands, legs, knees and feet. They rebuild Bo's face and find his eyes, ears, nose, mouth and tongue.

Next they test each sense: opening Bo's eyes to light up a dark park, guessing a bird, bell or drum by sound, sniffing a flower and burnt toast, tasting a sour lemon, and tickling Bo with a feather to discover that all of our skin can feel touch. Every line is read aloud, so children don't need to read on their own yet.

Questions and answers

What are the five senses?

The five senses are sight, hearing, smell, taste and touch. They are how our bodies find out about the world around us, from seeing colours and hearing music to smelling food, tasting something sweet and feeling whether something is hot or cold.

Which part of the body goes with each sense?

We see with our eyes, hear with our ears, smell with our nose, taste with our tongue and feel touch with our skin. In Year 1, children learn to match each of these body parts to its sense and label them on a drawing.

Can we only feel things with our hands?

No, skin all over the body can feel touch, not just the hands. Many young children think touch belongs only to the fingers, so the game lets them brush a feather over Bo's foot, arm and face to show that all of our skin can feel.

What age is this five senses game for?

It is made for children aged 5 to 7 and matches the Year 1 science objective about naming body parts and linking them to the senses. Everything is spoken aloud, so children who are still learning to read can play on their own.

How long does the game take and what does it include?

Playing everything takes about 40 minutes, split into five short chapters and a final 10-question Senses challenge. Each chapter has a spoken introduction, hands-on drag-and-tap activities, sounds, and a short recap at the end.

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