Five Senses by Dr. Jean and Dr. Holly

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Dr. Jean believes that students need to move and use music to improve learning. Adding actions to songs helps get the wiggles out and helps children remember the lyrics.
It doesn't matter whether you have your class create a set of actions or use the actions provided with the lyrics, the important part is to get your class moving to the lyrics.

Use this link to download the lyrics:

http://www.mediafire.com/file/07fz34cydx001uc/fiveSensesLyrics.pdf/file

FIVE SENSES
(Tune: “Bingo”)
I have five senses that I use (Hold up 5 fingers.)
to help me learn each day.
See, hear, smell, taste, touch. (Point to eyes, ears, nose,
mouth, and hold up hands.)
See, hear, smell, taste, touch.
See, hear, smell, taste, touch,
I use them every day.
My five senses help me learn,
They’re pathways to my brain.
See, hear… (Point to eyes, ears, etc.)
They’re pathways to my brain.

Now, let’s play a little game
How many senses can you name?
_______, _______, _______, _______, _______
(Hold up fingers one by one as children name senses.)
_______, _______, _______, _______, _______
_______, _______, _______, _______, _______
Five senses you can name.

Activities: Go on a listening walk where children are quiet and try to remember all the sounds that they hear. Make a list when you return to the classroom.
How many different textures and odors can the children identify on a nature walk.
Take an “I Spy” walk where children punch a hole in an index card. They look through the hole and “spy” animals, plants, rocks, and so forth.


Dr. Jean believes that music, singing and movement all enhance the learning environment. Students learn more and retain information longer when the presentation is reinforced with music and song.

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http://drjeanandfriends.blogspot.com/

Dr. Jean has more than 450 song available on iTunes.

Here are the top ten reasons to SING every day!

1. When you sing your brain emits endorphins, and endorphins make you happy! Emotions are critical to learning.

2. Music is multi-sensory. The more senses you get going to the brain, the more likely the message will get there.

3. Music is powerful for prior-learning. If children are exposed to concepts while singing, it is easier for them to learn when formally introduced.

4. Music nurtures phonemic awareness (alliteration, rhyme, etc.).

5. Songs and chants are a natural way to develop oral language and auditory memory.

6. Poems and songs lay a foundation for fluency and enhance short term memory.

7. Children are able to use their imaginations and create pictures in their brains when they sing. This is an important part of reading comprehension.

8. Repetition is a key to learning. It is much more fun to repeat songs than worksheets!

9. Singing and dancing relieve stress and oxygenate the brain.

10. Through music and movement ALL children can feel successful.

A “community of learners” is enhanced when teachers and children enjoy something together! There was a study that was reported on National Public Radio called “Alive Inside.”

In the research study they made iPods of songs that had a special significance to patients suffering from dementia and Alzheimer’s.

These patients didn’t recognize family members, but when they heard the music they tapped their feet, sang the words, and smiled!

So many things that we do in our classrooms will be forgotten, but the songs will be stored in children’s brains for a lifetime!

What a privilege to be able to do this!