Blindfold your children so that they cannot see. Take out an apple, orange, cinnamon, lemon and onion, and lay them on a table. Instruct your children that not they are not allowed to touch the object, only smell it. Help the students go through each object, and get them to try to guess what the object is before taking off their blindfold. This activity helps them see how our sense of smell works.
Another fun activity to teach sound sensory impressions to elementary students is the old game of "Marco Polo." Have one of your students hide somewhere in the classroom while the other students try to find him. The hiding student can make sounds like a small clap to help guide the other students to where she is hiding. Have all your students have a try at hiding in this activity.
To have the students experiment with their sense of taste, put numerous food items on a plate. Have candy, salty chips, oranges, lemons, sugar and unsweetened coco powder. Then blindfold the children, and ask them to taste each food and let you know if the taste is salty, sweet, bitter or sour. Blindfolded, their sense of taste will be heightened.
Many young students love the game "I Spy," and it's also a great activity to teach students about their sense of sight. Go around the class, and have each student take turns being the "spy." The spy should pick out an object to describe and say, "I spy with my little eye, something that is _____," giving an adjective that describes the object. He shouldn't reveal what the object is until the students can guess it. In this exercise, students single out all other objects that do not fit the adjective used and focus on their sense of sight.
This sensory impression activity focuses on students' sense of touch. Cut out a hole in the lid of a box, and label it the mystery box. Place several items, such as rocks, cotton balls, rubber ducks or rubber and plastic balls, inside the box. Have the students close their eyes, reach into the box, and pull out an item. Have the children try to explain what they feel and see if they can guess what it is.