5 Senses Matching Worksheet for Preschoolers
This worksheet introduces children ages 3-5 to the five senses — sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch — by asking them to match each sense to the body part responsible for it. Understanding that specific body parts are linked to specific senses is an early science concept that builds body awareness and observational vocabulary. Drawing the connecting line for each match also reinforces visual tracking and pencil control.
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Month 1: Learning & Development | Ages Up to 4Curriculum
How to use this worksheet
Talk through the five senses together first, asking your child to name a body part they think is used for each one. Look at the sense words or pictures on one side of the page and the body part pictures on the other side. Have your child draw a line connecting each sense to its matching body part, like eyes to sight or ears to hearing. Once all five are matched, review the page together and ask your child to demonstrate each sense, like closing their eyes to show sight is 'off.'
Materials needed
- Pencil
- Crayons
Extension activities
- •Discuss what each sense does.
- •Go on a scavenger hunt to find things you can see, hear, smell, taste, and touch.
- •Draw pictures of things that relate to each sense.
- •Set up a simple blindfolded taste or touch test with safe household items.
- •Make a five senses collage, cutting out one picture representing each sense from a magazine.
Tips for parents and teachers
Encourage your child to describe what they see, hear, smell, taste, and touch throughout the day, since real-world practice makes the abstract sense-to-body-part connection stick. This will help them understand the senses better than matching alone. If a sense feels hard to demonstrate, like smell or taste, bring in a real example, such as a flower to smell or a lemon slice to taste.
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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