KS1 Senses: Five Senses Flashcards
🃏 Five Senses Flashcards
Print double-sided · cut along the dashed lines · fold each card in half.
| FRONT | BACK |
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👁 SIGHT Eyes [Illustrator: a friendly cartoon eye looking around.] | 📖 Teaching tip: Eyes see light and colour. Without light, we can't see — try a dark room! 🚀 Bonus leap: Name 3 things in this room. |
👂 HEARING Ears [Illustrator: an ear with sound-wave lines around it.] | 📖 Teaching tip: Sounds are made by things moving and "wobbling" the air. 🚀 Bonus leap: What's the loudest sound you can think of? |
👃 SMELL Nose [Illustrator: a nose with wavy "smell lines" rising from a flower.] | 📖 Teaching tip: Smell helps you enjoy food. Try eating with a blocked nose — flavour disappears! 🚀 Bonus leap: What is your favourite smell? |
👅 TASTE Tongue [Illustrator: a tongue with sweet/sour/salty/bitter zones.] | 📖 Teaching tip: Our tongues spot sweet, sour, salty, bitter, and umami. Five flavours! 🚀 Bonus leap: Name a sweet food and a sour food. |
✋ TOUCH Hands & Skin [Illustrator: a hand touching fluffy and bumpy textures.] | 📖 Teaching tip: Skin all over your body can feel touch — not just hands! 🚀 Bonus leap: Touch something soft. Then something hard. Different? |
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About this resource
Five printable double-sided flashcards — one per sense — connecting body part to function with a teaching tip and bonus question.
What you'll learn
- Sense organs DfE NC Science KS1 animals incl. humans (Y1)
- The five senses DfE NC Science KS1 animals incl. humans (Y1)
Inside this resource
- 5 flip cards
For the student — how to do this
You're going to flip through a deck of flash cards about science. It should take about 10 minutes. Take your time — there's no rush. If you get stuck, ask a grown-up.
For parents and carers
This is a deck of flash cards for Key Stage 1 science — about 10 minutes of focused activity. Your child can flip through this on their own or with you alongside. There's no pressure to finish in one sitting.
Their best score, the time taken, and any answers they got wrong will all be saved automatically to your dashboard so you can see how they're getting on.
For teachers and tutors
A a deck of flash cards aligned to the DfE National Curriculum for Key Stage 1 science. Use as a standalone activity, a homework task, or a lesson plenary.
Pupils' completion data and assessment scores flow into the class dashboard so you can spot who needs support and on which sub-topic.
How to check the work
Flashcards are a self-test tool. Ask the child to say what's on the back BEFORE flipping. They're ready to move on when they get 9 out of 10 correct two sessions in a row.