CT ELDS: Connecticut Early Learning and Development Standards

Standards and Learning Content:

Early Scientific Inquiry

Strand A: Early learning experiences will support children to apply scientific practices.

S.24.1 Observe and make comments on things observed through the senses.

Books Highlighting the 5 Senses

My Five Senses by Aliki Brandenberg

Kevin's Book of the 5 Senses by Lisbet Slagers

My 5 Senses by Shirley A. Jones

I hear a pickle: and Smell, See, Touch, and Taste it, Too! by Rachel Isadora

5 Senses Activities:

Slime Cloud Dough Fluffy Slime Literacy Activity Glow Bath

Popcorn Fake Snow Edible Slime Sensory Bottles Milk Rainbow

Sentence Stems (use to facilitate talking about observations)