This unit of the Flexible Learning System (FLS), designed for adults working with children aged 4-8, is concerned with sensory experiences to promote learning in the early childhood years. Texture, weight, size-shape, taste, hearing, and sight are explored in a sequence of learning activities repeated for each sense mode. The learning-activity sequence involves participating in an adult sensory experience, constructing a sense-word list, exploring and constructing learning objectives for children, diagnosing sensory skills in children, and creating sense-modality learning experiences for children. Learning objectives for children incorporate experiences in naming, matching, comparing and contrasting, classifying, ordering, describing, identifying, tracing, predicting and explaining. The diagnosis of individual children's conceptual use of sense is explored in the context of natural observations and adult probes during normal classroom activities. Individual and small group activities, classroom observations, and work with children are integrated to achieve skill in promoting cognitive growth through sensory experience; skill in diagnosing the child's conceptual use of senses; skill in using diagnosis to plan and provide sensory activities that support cognitive growth; and the development of a sense perception curriculum. Related FLS units: "Exploring Children's Thinking"; "The Growing Mind"; "Working with Children's Concepts"; "Using Toys and Games with Children." (Author/SB)