13/07/2026
Exploring Our Senses! 👀👂👃👅✋
In the Transitional Learners Room, we have been exploring our five senses through a range of engaging, hands-on experiences designed to encourage curiosity, communication and investigation.
To explore our sense of smell, we added a variety of scents to our paints and playdough, encouraging us to identify, compare and discuss different aromas. We practised our listening skills through fun sound recognition games, helping us tune in to and identify sounds in their environment.
Our sense of sight was explored through artistic provocations, where we observed colours, patterns and materials to inspire our creativity. We also created a sensory space filled with a range of textures, allowing us to investigate and describe how different materials felt using our sense of touch.
Our favourite activity was exploring the sense of taste through a tasting platter! We bravely sampled a variety of foods and discussed the different flavours they experienced, including sweet, sour, bitter, salty and spicy tastes. Some of the foods we tried included lemons, grapefruit, pretzels, dark chocolate, sweet chilli crisps, plum jam, caramel sauce and turmeric chips. There were lots of interesting facial expressions and thoughtful discussions as we shared their reactions and discovered new favourites!
Through these experiences, we have been building their sensory awareness, developing descriptive language and learning more about how their senses help them understand and interact with the world around them.
