Search The 5 Sense Hands-on Activities

Show your preschooler how to make a print of a butterfly using her hand as a tool--a great way to stimulate her sense of touch.

In this fun activity, frozen cubes of paint provide your preschooler with a cool new way to paint a masterpiece.

Your preschooler will engage their senses by making a scented pumpkin to decorate your house.

Set up a fun guessing game for your curious kindergartener, one that will test her ability to use all five of her senses.

Your child can create his own texture tree, experimenting with design during the process. The result will be a beautiful addition to your holiday decorations

Your child will create an adorable Christmas tree from their footprint and practice counting while decorating their tree with objects of a variety of textures.

This snowman's not abominable, he's adorable! Your child can bring her very own snowman to life while practicing how to create texture.

Make scented sensory cloud dough. Add it to a sensory table, activity station, or put it in a baggie for extra at-the-park entertainment!

This two-ingredient dough, sometimes called "moon sand," is a quick and cheap way to let kids explore their senses, build fine motor skills, and play.

Hold a magnet marathon! Explore the power of magnets with your kindergartener in this entertaining and simple science game.

Blend art and science in this hands-on activity that shows your kindergartener how primary colors combine to make secondary colors.

Invite your kindergarten scientist to conduct this color mixing experiment to discover which primary hues make a rainbow of secondary colors.

Make an edible play dough with your child to help her develop her sensory and motor skills.

In almost every preschool classroom is a sensory table. Learn how to make one at home!

This recipe makes bubbles that not only blow up nice and big, but do tricks and experiments! How do you do it? It's not a secret, it's science!

This activity allows your kindergartener to translate what they observe into a beautiful poem.

Help your child explore chromatography, which is the process of separating colors or pigments, and create a neat art project in the process!

Help your kindergarten scientist predict and observe as she explores the science of smell...and have a great time doing it, too.

Magnets may hold up papers on the fridge, but is it the paper that attracts them? Find out more with this kindergarten science investigation.

Here is a kindergarten activity that blends art and science by using magnets, paint, and objects found around the house to create a picture.

Use popcorn in this tasty experiment to explore the five senses at home with your kindergartener!

In this kindergarten activity your child will create a map of your house and use a magnet to move pictures of your family through the house!

In this fun guessing game, your child uses his sense of smell and taste to figure out what is in the container. Here's how to play:

In this activity, you'll send your kindergartener on a scavenger hunt to find sounds and create a sound recording. Here's how!