Loulie learned about the 5 senses today. We discussed how we use our 5 senses in science to make observations and how each sense is different and is an important part of making observations. We sang a song about the senses and did a hands-on activity where she used each sense independently to try and identify an object. For sight, she looked at pictures of optical illusions. For hearing, she heard sounds of a door bell, a barking dog, and waves and identified each just by listening. For taste, she tasted a lemon, a pretzel, some bitter chocolate, and a cinnamon graham cracker to experience sour, salt, bitter, and sweet. For touch she put her hand in a blind bag and felt some popcorn kernels and a stuffed animal and described how each felt. For smell, she closed her eyes and smelled some coffee and some garlic.