Ages 3–5 · 8 little discoveries
Body and senses with Tosbi
Eight picture discoveries about our body, our senses and saying no.
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Body parts
Identify head, hand and foot in separate simplified body-part pictures.
Tosbi brings three cards. This round picture is a head. Eyes, ears and a nose are on the head.
This card is a hand. A hand is at the end of an arm. Hands can hold, draw and wave.
The last card is a foot. A foot is at the end of a leg. A shoe goes on a foot.
The cards go head, hand, foot. Now you match them!
We see with our eyes
Associate eyes with visual information while keeping spoken or written descriptions available.
This is an eye. We look and see with our eyes: shapes, colours and where things are.
Tosbi sees a bell. Tosbi notices its shape with the eyes.
Some people wear glasses. People who cannot see learn by touching and listening.
Now find the eye card. Then Tosbi will see something new.
We hear with our ears
Associate ears with explicitly described sound events without requiring actual sound discrimination.
This is an ear. We hear sounds with our ears. A sound goes into the ear and our brain knows it.
In the story the bell rang first: ding ding! Then the drum: boom boom!
Some people hear a little or not at all. They can talk with sign language and writing.
Bell first, then drum. Remember the order!
We smell with our nose
Associate the nose with a stated smell observation without asking for real sniffing.
This is a nose. We smell with our nose. Flowers, bread, rain: they all have a smell.
Tosbi walks past the bakery. Mmm, fresh bread!
One person may like a smell and another may not. Both are fine.
Bread smell, nose card. Next Tosbi will smell a flower.
We feel by touching
Match explicitly labelled rough and smooth textures and associate touch with skin.
This is skin. Skin covers our whole body. When we touch something, skin feels it.
This zigzag card is rough, like tree bark. This flat card is smooth, like glass.
The screen always feels smooth. Use what the card says.
Look around you: what is rough? What is smooth?
We taste with our tongue
Match explicitly stated sweet and sour taste descriptions without tasting real food.
This is a tongue. It has tiny taste buds. They tell sweet, sour and salty apart.
Tosbi’s apple is sweet. The lemon is very sour! Tosbi’s face scrunches up.
Besides sweet and sour, there are salty and bitter tastes too. Everyone likes different tastes.
Now match the taste cards.
Senses work together
Pair stated visual and smell information with their corresponding sense cards.
Tosbi found an apple. Tosbi sees it with the eyes and smells it with the nose.
The apple’s shape goes with the eye card. Its smell goes with the nose card.
We use many senses to know a thing. They all work together.
Next Tosbi will find some bread. Tosbi will see it and smell it too.
Saying no, asking for help
Build a stated boundary, a stopping response and a request to the story’s trusted grown-up.
Piko says, “High five!” Tosbi says, “No, thank you.” It is okay to say no.
Piko stops and steps back. Stopping when you hear no is kind to your friend.
If there is a problem, you can tell the teacher. The teacher helps.
Now your turn: show “no” and stopping with the cards.