Using our skin to feel

We can feel with every part of our skin. Our lips and fingertips are more sensitive than other parts of our body.
We can feel if something is smooth or rough, hot or cold, hard or soft, dro or wet.
When something sharp pricks us, we feel pain.

The teddy bear feels soft and smooth. The mug feels warm.

1.5 Our tongue

How is our tongue important to us?
Parts of the tongue
Our tongue helps us to taste. It is covered with little bumps. These little bumps contain a lot of taste buds. When we eat food, the taste buds send messages to our brain to tell us how the food tastes.

Using our tongue to taste

Tasting lets us know when the food we eat is sweet, sour, bitter or salty.