Storytime Theme: Smelling

This is the third lesson plan in a five-part series for preschoolers to learn more about their five senses! Combining fiction and nonfiction titles, kids will learn about their noses and smelling, what noses do, how different noses look, and so much more! Plus, there are a handful of songs, rhymes, crafts, and activities to round out the lesson plan or to extend learning beyond the books.

This would also make a great lesson plan for a simple STEM program for preschoolers at a PreK classroom, library, or at home. Combine this lesson plan with a few science “experiments” using your ears for a complete program.

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Storytime Theme: Smelling

Books

• Big Smelly Bear by Britta Teckentrup
• Boop! by Bea Birdsong, illustrated by Linzie Hunter
• But Not the Armadillo by Sandra Boynton
• I Really Like Slop! by Mo Willems
• My Nose, Your Nose by Melanie Walsh
• The Nose Book by Al Perkins, illustrated by Joe Mathieu
• Smell! by Ruth Spire, illustrated by Irene Chan
• Smelling by Rebecca Rissman
• Whose Nose? by Sue Tarsky, illustrated by Michael Garton

Songs & Rhymes

• I Have 5 Senses – Smell – Jack Hartmann
• The Smelling Song – Preschool Education
• The Five Senses – Kiboomers

Crafts & Activities

• Rate the Scent – Librarian Is On the Loose
• A Nose – Keen on Librarianship
• Guess That Scent – Raising Lifelong Learners