Encountering the Idea Ask the students what part of the body they use to see. You feel with your skin. Yes, your sense of feeling is everywhere in your body. We will discover a lot of the answers to these questions as we perform our activities. After this discussion, begin the lesson by going on an outing.
Students go out into the playground and take several sheets of paper and a pencil.
Students select things to trace on paper, e.g., brick wall, sidewalk, leaf, penny, etc. When the students return to the classroom, they describe the textures using appropriate adjectives and write about the textures in their journals. The students describe what they feel. The students put their hands in a pan of cold water and describe how it feels. Then they put their hands in a pan of water at room temperature and describe how it feels.