Kindergarten has been busy learning about their senses! The outside world shapes a child’s development and how they experience that world is through their five senses seeing, hearing, tasting, touching and smelling. It is important that children are given the tools to name their senses and learn where on our body we experience them.  

最近，幼儿园小班的孩子们在学习了解他们的感官!外部世界塑造了一个孩子的发展，并且孩子们是通过五种感官来体验这个世界——视觉、听觉、味觉、触觉和嗅觉。我们给孩子们提供一些工具，给他们的感官命名，让孩子们学习身体的哪些部位可以体验到这些感官，这就显得尤为重要。

A great way to for children to learn this is through a sensory table! In our  classroom, we have a station set up for each of our senses, which is labelled with words as well as pictures.  

有一个让孩子们学习感官的好方法就是通过感知发展区进行学习。在我们的教室里，我们为每一种感官设立了一个“站点”，如图所示，每个“站点”都会贴上文字标签。

Each station includes one or two ways in experience that sense. For example, in the “smell” station, there is a cinnamon stick, a jar of cumin and a jar of oregano. This table helps the children sort out their senses! Through play, they can isolate each sense and discover which body part controls it.                    

每个“站点”都有一到两种感官体验方式。例如，“气味站”有一个桂皮、一罐孜然和一罐牛至。感知发展区帮助孩子们理清他们的感官。通过游戏，他们可以区分每种感官，并且学会探索哪个身体部位控制它。

This sensory table isavailable for the children to explore and interact with all day long. We often add new items to the stations, or use them during lessons. In addition, for being a great teaching tool, sensory tables also have a calming effect on children. If a child is hyperactive, upset or anxious the discovering ofstrange objects, smells or feelings can be engaging, distracting and exciting!  

感知发展区可供孩子们全天探索和互动。我们经常增加新的项目到“站点”中，或在上课期间使用。此外，感知发展区作为一项很好的教学工具，它也可以让孩子们镇定下来。如果一个孩子极度活跃、烦躁或是焦虑，那么发现奇怪的物体、气味或是感觉会让他着迷、注意力分散和兴奋。