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Five Senses Dice Activity: Roll and Explore!

Rolling a homemade dice to trigger sensory activities teaches children ages 3-5 to identify and use each of the five senses — sight, hearing, touch, taste, and smell — through direct hands-on exploration rather than only reading or discussing them. Building and assembling the dice itself also adds a light fine motor and spatial task before the sensory learning even begins.

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Month 10: Learning & Development | Ages Up to 4

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About this worksheet

Topic:
Five Senses
Skill:
Five Senses Exploration (My Body): Explore the five senses through activities.
Pack:
Page 21 of 28 in Month 10: Learning & Development | Ages Up to 4.

How to use this worksheet

Help your child cut out the dice pattern along the lines and fold it into a cube, gluing the tabs to hold its shape. Take turns rolling the finished dice and looking at which sense lands face up, then perform that activity together — like closing your eyes to listen for sounds, or touching different textured objects. Talk about what your child noticed each time before rolling again, cycling through all five senses if possible.

Materials needed

  • Scissors
  • Glue
  • Pencil

Extension activities

  • Create a sensory bin filled with items related to each of the five senses for open-ended exploration.
  • Go on a nature walk and identify things you can see, hear, smell, and touch along the way.
  • Play a blindfolded guessing game where your child identifies objects by touch, smell, or sound alone.
  • Cook or prepare a simple snack together, noticing the smell, taste, and texture at each step.
Hemsweta Jain (Teacher Cheena), founder of RaisoActive

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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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