5 Senses

Following this is a lively exploration of skin – the body’s largest organ and the one sensory organ we can’t live without

Eye-opening details on the rest of the five senses, for kids, come next, with a focus on how our senses are uniquely adapted to the human environment. Our abilities to hear and smell, for example, are not as powerful as other animals’ – probably because we don’t need to track our prey anymore – but the emotional connections associated with certain scents continue to play an important role in how we store and recall memories. A fun experiment on taste is sure to be a hit, in which kids try to identify foods when all their other senses are blocked. The 5 Senses, for kids eager to discover how we experience the world, is sure to promote other revelatory explorations like this.