Five Senses Sampler

Food can exercise your child’s five senses! Let them taste a piece of the food and ask how it tastes, then have them smell it and tell you what they smell. Talk about the shape of it and how it feels to the touch. You can smell and taste it too.

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The more your child can experience the world through their senses, the more they’ll learn.

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