Nose for Kids

Your nose helps you smell yummy food, flowers, and even stinky socks! It also helps you breathe.

How Does Your Nose Work?

Smells travel through your nose to your brain. That’s how you know if something smells good or bad!

Fun Facts About Noses

• Your nose can remember over 50,000 different smells.
• Some animals have very big noses — like elephants and pigs!
• Your nose warms and cleans the air before it goes into your lungs.
• People sneeze to clear out germs and dust from their nose.

Let’s Learn More!

Smell different things at home — a flower, an apple, a cookie — and tell someone what you smell!