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=Teaching Advice = There is a plethora of information available on the Internet on how to teach the five senses in a classroom and we have chosen some of the best and easiest to use below. There are also a great number of books available at local community libraries and in most school libraries that are great sources of information that may guide students' learning throughout the teaching of this topic. Perhaps the classroom 'book corner' should be filled with books that focus on the five senses so that student's attention is constantly being reverted back to the topic and it is linked across all curriculum areas. The following are some videos that could be shown in class to assist with situating students within the context.

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=Teaching Resources = Teaching resources are those that teachers can draw on for background information, lesson ideas and suggestions, assessment tools or to further classroom learning. The resources we have chosen are grouped into categories based on their contents. As mentioned above, there are also many books and teaching resources available in community and school libraries that are just as helpful.

=Websites for Teachers = [|KidsHealth.org] “The following discussion questions and activities will help your students explore their senses — what they are and how they work.” This is a PDF from 'KidsHealth in the classroom' that has an extensive range of activities, information and links to National Health Education standards. Worth a look! (classroom, 2006)

 [|LittleGiraffes.com] This website gives an example of how to teach about the five senses using a simple lesson plan and pictures to demonstrate children participating in the activity. Great information if you would like to build a lesson. (LittleGiraffes.com, 2001-2010)

[|Kennesaw.Edu] Taken from Kennesaw Educational Technology website from the US, this webpage lists a plethora of helpful information about teaching the five senses in a range of ways. (Cheek, 2005)

[|ProTeacher.org] This is a great website that Kirstie uses for her own teaching ideas, suggestions and resources. This is just one example of a real life chat room that teachers across the globe use to submit their own lesson ideas and plans on different subjects. By doing this, other teachers can implement these ideas into their own lessons. (ProTeacher, 2011)

[|Squidoo.com] Squidoo is an online search engine that collects information about different topics and stores it in categories. This web page shows information for home-school parents on how to teach the five senses at home. (Squidoo, 2012)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Schenectady] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a basic website that is child-friendly as it is colourful, is loaded with pictures and has interactive elements. There is a link to more than one video about the five senses, links to other resources and lesson plans and also to an interactive game that asks students to guess which sense the cat is using as she plays. (N/A, N/A)

= YouTube and TeacherTube =

[|A Kindergarten Lesson - The Five Senses] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a kindergarten lesson on the sense of smell uploaded by a student teacher onto Teacher Tube. (N/A, A kindergarten lesson on the sense of smell, N/A)

= Smartboard and Worksheet Resources = <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Worksheet - 'The Five Senses' booklet] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This is a fantastic resource that introduces the five senses into the classroom. The “Senses Book” is a small book that can be given to each student to fill in either before starting the five senses topic or at the conclusion of the topic to record what they learnt. (primaryresources.co.uk, N/A)

<span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">[|Primary Resources - The Five Senses] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">The ‘Primary Resources’ website is fantastic for information on all school topics. This particular web page shows information that covers the Science unit Life Processes & Living Things – including the five senses. (primaryresources.co.uk, Science: Life processes and living things: Humans and animals, 2012)

[|Lesson Planning - The Five Senses] <span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">This shows 10 ways of teaching the five senses. Includes links to worksheets and activities. (Inc, 2011)