5-4-3-2-1 Senses Hunt: A Calm Grounding Game with a Picture and Your Room
Children practise a simple 5-4-3-2-1 senses game: five things to see, four to touch, three to hear, two to smell and one to taste. They try it first in a picture, then in their own room, and notice how they feel.
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Big Feelings Calm Quest Big Explorers Activity Pack: Feelings Words, Calm Tools, Puzzles & Games for Ages 7-10
This is page 12 of the pack. Ages 7-10 · Grade 2–Grade 3Ages 7-10 · Year 3–Year 4Ages 7-10 · Class 2–Class 3Ages 7-10
How to use this worksheet
Look at the picture and fill the table by seeing and imagining. Then take a slow breath and hunt where you are. Tick the circles and circle faces for before and after.
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- 1Try the hunt in a new place.
- 2Teach the game to a friend.
Written by
Hemsweta Jain · Teacher Cheena
MBA and Early Childhood Educator, teaching since 2014 · Founder of RaisoActive, Mumbai
Every RaisoActive worksheet is designed and checked by the founder before publishing.
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