Ideas and activities for sensory play with your toddler. Ways to make a sensory bin for your toddler or preschooler. Learning activities with a sensory tub. Ideas for water play outside and inside.
Young children benefit from sensory play. One sensory experience that kids of all ages spend a good amount of time on is water play. Outside water play like using a water table, running through a sprinkler, or playing in a pool is awesome. However, sometimes you need an indoor activity for times it is too …
Are you looking for a quick and simple sensory experience for your young children? My favorite sensory play material is shaving cream. I use it a lot because we usually have it on hand and it’s easy clean-up when it’s over. Check out all of these awesome sensory play ideas that use shaving cream. Benefits …
I love easy science experiments that use simple ingredients. Baking soda and vinegar science experiments are easy to set up and a fun way to watch a chemical reaction! Because these experiments use kitchen ingredients that you already have on hand, kids of all ages can experience the scientific method over and over again. There …
Have you ever wondered how to dye pasta or how to dye rice to make sensory bins for kids? Here is a step-by-step guide to get you started and ideas for ways to use the colored pasta or colored rice. How to Dye Pasta Ingredients: Rubbing Alcohol orDistilled Vinegar (1-2 Tablespoons) Food coloring (Approximately 1 …
We have quite a few bags of homemade colored rice (click for recipe) on hand so I decided to put them in the water table for something different – Sensory Play and Fine Motor Skills. We ended up mixing the colors, which the kids thought looked really cool! I took a variety of beads that I …
Sands Alive vs. Kinetic Sand We have Sands Alive! AND kinetic sand. My 7 year old loves BOTH. However, in his attempt to share information like Evan from EvanTubeHD, he decided to experiment with them and share his conclusions. There you have it…the breakdown of both sands from a 7 year old’s point of …
Simple Summer Water Play Don’t feel like filling up the kiddie pool? Try these simple and fun ways to get wet and stay cool with minimal preparation. Fence Painting. Maybe it’s Tom Sawyer syndrome, but I remember spending several hot summer days as a child “working” hard to paint our fence with water and a …
I always try to add a new twist to the playing and learning that happens at our water/sand table. I’ve tried water beads, a frog pond theme, and this time I decided to make a DIY water run to encourage the kids to experiment and pretend. Empty International Delight coffee creamer bottles, water bottles, and …
Both of our kids, 5 years old and 2 years old, have spent hours playing in the sink lately. Sink Play has turned into a fun activity. *They’ve filled the sink with plastic ocean animals and pretended they were rescuing them or washing them. *They’ve pretended to be scientists with water, soap, and cups. *They’ve …
Ever since LM was just one years old, his favorite activity has been water play. It may appear that during water play that all children are doing is getting wet and splashing, when in actuality a lot of learning is taking place. Learning can occur in a variety of areas during water play.. science, math, creativity and more. …
Kids of all ages love water! Inside or outside, here are creative ways to play with water. Indoor Water Factory Lay out a towel on the kitchen floor (so they’re still near you), and put out a plethora of bowls, muffin tins, measuring cups, bowls of ice, and of course… cups of water. Lots of mixing, …
Drawing with Paint is a fun activity for your little artist! Painting is one of my kids’ favorite past times! Drawing comes in at a close second. Even L (age 2) has been drawing a lot lately-little squiggles that he imagines to be the big bad wolf or a picture of his Daddy. This week I combined …