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SENSORY PLAY IDEASSAND PLAYYou will need sand, sand…… glorious sand!? A box filled with bits and pieces, toy animals, recycled items such as toilet rolls, empty bottles and boxes and also a collection of natural items from the garden such as leaves, twigs and stones. ?Fill a box with grain and one with sand and included different toys and objects for the children to play with.“Coloured sand collage”. The materials that we need to prepare as below:1) Construction paper2) Coloured sand3) Glue4) Paint brushto put some glue on the construction paper sprinkle the colored sand over the glue. tip the excess sand off. Sticky sandAnother great recipe is mixing watery PVA glue with sand until it is mouldable and creating a less messy indoor alternative to sand play, the texture feels like slightly sticky wet sand and stays in its moulded form easily.You can find some great sensory activities for kids complied from mums and teachers in this group called P.L.A.Y Group at this site.Moon sand recipe - mix flour and oil together until the flour is pliable. It feels great and is really fun to play with.PLAY DOUGHLike many places, play dough has been very popular in our class this term. It is the place where most of the children can be found upon their arrival at preschool in the morning. We regularly make a fresh batch with the children, giving them the opportunity to choose the additives. Just recently, they wanted it with nothing added and enjoyed using it in its 'raw' form. After a day or two, requests were made to start adding 'things' the first being some glitter. A day or two later, was food colouring, followed by an essence.We all have our own play dough recipe which works for us, but this is one we've found and really enjoy using. Not sure where we found it, but it's titled the "Best Ever Play dough Recipe"4 cups of plain flour1 cup of salt1/3 cup of cooking oil1 tablespoon of cream of tartarMix with 4 cups of boiling water (if desired, add food colouring into the water)Knead wellCan add essential oils for different smells or have 2 different coloured lumps which kids can mix and watch colour change.Using playdough create letters; shapes and numbers and bake them. For example, we have been focusing on the beach this term, so one experience involved providing blue playdough with an array of shells. The children’s play in this experience included imprinting the patterns of the shells into the dough and hiding the shells in the dough. We have also provided small wooden sticks and blocks, and wooden letters for the children to use with the playdoughScented Spring Play Dough1 cup flour, 2 tablespoons oil, 200mls water, 500mls shampoo(Herbal Essence), 1/2 cup salt, 2 teaspoons cream of tartar, 1/4 cup flower petals.Add flour, salt, cream of tartar in saucepan, mix.Add oil, shampoo and water.Mix before heating to remove lumps.Cook over medium heat stirring until it becomes a thick blob.Cool down and knead into a smooth ball.Add the flower petals.Play dough with hair conditionerThere is a recipe for making quick and easy play dough floating around. You place 2 cups of Hair conditioner in a bowl and one cup of cornflour. Mix it all together, and add a drop of food colouring if you like and you have yourself some play dough.Cloud/snow Dough8 cups of flour, 1cup of oil (or enough to make a mouldable consistency) add a few drops of colour if you don’t want white.Mix together until you reach a mouldable consistency, children can experiment playing with this a bit like they would with wet sand, using patty pans, spoons etc. or moulding with hands, makes a great substance to drive toy trucks and cars through too. I would like to try refrigerating it to make it feel cold to give the impression of snow next.GOOP, SLIME AND SHAVING CREAMRecipe:·???????? Cornflour ·???????? Food Colouring ·???????? Water Mix all the ingredients together to form goop/slimeMake cooked goop. It’s cornflour mixed with water (possibly add some food dye) and then cooked in the microwave or on the stove. If used straight from the fridge or slightly warm this adds to the sensory experience. This can be extended and scents can be added, i.e. lemon/vanilla essence, crushed herbs, etc.Add paper mache for texture- it had the most amazing feel.Shaving cream Additions to play dough and GoopTry adding glitter or lentils and? goop made from corn flour and coloured dye. 2 cups of corn flour2 cups of flour11/2 cups oats1/2 to 3/4 cup canola oil1 tsp of peppermint or citrus essencemix together until handfuls of mix bind together when squeezed.This is so lovely especially with the essential oils. I have hidden small rocks, shells and other treasures in it and added glitter. We have also used a large flat (with a raised lip) table and added kitchen tools and gadgets.I have also added the dry ingredients to a bucket or tub and added the canola oil and essential oils in after the children have explored the dry ingredients. They then mix and experiment.Shaving cream prints/marble prints Children draw in shaving cream. Get a piece of paper and gently lay it onto the shaving cream pattern face down. Lift the paper off and use a ruler or another flat object to scrape the excess off the paper. What is left is the child’s design in the form of a painting.'Slime'- made from lux flakes and water beaten & then let settle overnight. It should be gloopy (thick, almost chewing gummy but can still run). It keeps and often even adults can't help themselves running their fingers through it, pouring it from one container to another, etc, etc. Note: doesn't do varnish a lot of good- put it on the lawn! Lux good as haven't yet had an allergy rash and makes the best gloop/slime. Dishwashing Liquid Foam: In a bowl of water add dishwashing liquid and stir thoroughly to make foam. Add food colouring to the foam. Slime with borax powderborax powder water120 ml (4 ounce) glue (e.g., Elmer's white glue)teaspoonbowljar or measuring cupfood coloring (optional)measuring cupHow to make it:1.????? Pour the glue into the jar. If you have a big bottle of glue, you want 4 oz or 1/2 cup of glue.2.????? Fill the empty glue bottle with water and stir it into the glue (or add 1/2 cup of water).3.????? If desired, add food coloring. Otherwise, the slime will be an opaque white.4.????? In a separate, mix one cup (240 ml) of water into the bowl and add 1 teaspoon (5 ml) of borax powder. 5.????? Slowly stir the glue mixture into the bowl of borax solution.6.????? Place the slime that forms into your hands and knead until it feels dry. (Don't worry about the excess water remaining in the bowl.) 7.????? The more the slime is played with, the firmer and less sticky it will become.8.????? Have fun!9.????? Store your slime in a zip-lock bag in the fridge (otherwise it will develop mold).Floam: 2 tsp. borax1/2 cup water1/4 cup white glue (e.g., Elmer's)1/4 cup waterfood coloringresealable plastic bag1 1/3 c. polystyrene beadsHere's How:Dissolve 2 tsp. borax completely in 1/2 cup (4 oz.) water. (2 tsp. of borax will produce a stiff product. If you want slimier, more flexible 'Floam', then try 1 tsp. borax instead.)In a separate container, mix 1/4 cup (2 oz.) white glue and 1/4 cup (2 oz.) water. Stir in food coloring.Pour the glue solution and the polystyrene beads into a plastic bag. Add borax solution and knead it until it's well mixed. Use 1 T. of the borax solution for a very fluid Floam, 3 T. for average Floam, and the entire amount for stiff Floam.4.????? To keep your Floam, store it in a sealed bag in the refrigerator (discourages mold). Otherwise, you can allow it to dry into whatever shape you have chosen.WATERProviding the children with funnels, spoons, buckets, cloths, and other interesting tools with a large tub of water will stimulate their senses. To add more interest, provide some sand, or coloured pasta!Painting with waterHave available outside small buckets with flat brushes attached to the bucket handles (by thin plastic tubing or string) and a water supply so children can be in charge of refilling their own buckets when they need to do so. Melting ice cubes in the sun. (age: 4 to 5yrs)Ice cubes can be plain or food coloured. Ask the children to feel the ice cube, is it cold? the children can choose however many they want and place on the veranda in the sunlight. when the ice melts, the water has created a swirled painting. Ask the children to touch the water, is it still cold or now hot? the children can then paint or draw on paper what their icewater now looks like.Making bubbles- best with dish washing detergent and a few drops of glycerine- supply straws, wire loops, colour if wanted and you will end up with bubble printing- have camera on hand. a 4 year old took a photo of his mate through a bubble- absolutely beautiful rainbow encrusted friend. Can lead to all sorts of discussion of what makes stronger/bigger/many bubbles best for a starter.SENSORY PLAY FOR BABIESContactPlace under contact paint, soap, corrugated paper, string, straws even a cricket once ( It was already dead)... Really anything that we could find at the time. The children really enjoyed going over to the table and feeling the different textures through the contact. I also find that using various objects to paint with eg cars, cotton wool balls, cotton buds, sand, soap, marbles, large balls, plus fingers, feet.. really give children a new experience to enjoy painting.?Use shaving?cream on the table/highchair and lots of finger paintingWhen finger painting with younger children or children with additional needs they can tend to put their fingers in their mouth. To make the experience even more sensory and with less paint in the mouth try using instant pudding instead!Shakers. Containers that contain different items of the same colour, blocks, beads, feathers, sequins etc. the children love to look at the different things inside the containers and also love the sound it makes when they shake it.Canvases. Small rectangle thin canvases with different materials stuck to them, shells, tree nuts and bark, buttons, sandpaper, rubber, al foil, carpet etc.Sensory bagsZip lock bag (ensure to tape)Can use shaving cream with paintCelmix with glitter etc Can add flat objects insideSensory bottles (ensure to glue lid on) add marbles, beads, pompom, glitter etcBoiled spaghetti adding food dye to waterMUDfocus on natural outdoor play so this was a natural 'celebration' for us. We brought in some extra dirt for our digging patches, made some very sloppy slimy play spaces and encouraged all things mud. Easels were set up for finger painting and we also laid large sheets of paper on the cement for foot painting. Playing outdoors in the mud with some pots and pans or bringing some mud inside to place on a trolley with some dinosaurs and trees. SENSORY ACTIVITIES AND CHILDREN WITH SPECIAL NEEDSI currently work with a special needs child, and I find that her sensory curiosity is extensive – she loves to play with water, rice, sand, scrunching newspaper, playing on an ipad that has a pond with fish in it which every time you touch it makes the sound of water movement.? Another special needs student I have been involved with loves ribbons, strings of beads, coloured strings and especially any edible activities (cooking, finger painting with batters etc).? Activities that I have used in my child care career included dancing with ribbons tied to hands or with scarves, blocks of ice with objects frozen inside them, snap lock bags filled with paint etc.? The most popular being the messy activities (shaving cream, hand painting, goop, mud)Sensory art/activities:Bubble wrap hand and feet paintingPlace and tape bubble wrap around the students feet, have them walk in a tray of paint and step onto a long sheet of paper (in our special needs class room we have the students use their walking frame or they are supported by both arms. As the students walk along the paper the bubble wrap pops and an assortment of patterns are left behind. At the end of the paper a chair is placed so that the students can be seated while the bubble wrap is removed. One student in a standing frame loved the feeling of sliding her feel through the paint and remained engaged in this activity for over 10 minutes Or patted and wiped their hands over the paper and if pressed hard enough (some children slapped it on) a popping noise was made.FOOD Always check with the policy of the centre/school regarding play with food. As Linnea added to her blog “In some regions and cultures the use of food items as play materials may be offensive” (Dorrell, 2008).This activity is great for special needs students who enjoy sensory activities but also cannot control what is put in their mouth. The following foods have proved to be effective sensory activities which can be safely eaten also:Cous Cous cooked and placed in a tray. Cous Cous is initially warm after being cooked, over time is becomes gluggy and can be moulded together to independently create shapes or objects. Instant mashed potato cooked. The mash is messy but fun, can be very sensory appealing are creative. It can be smeared over the table, drawn in, built up, scooped up and placed into smaller containers.Jelly placed in a tray with edible treats which vary in sizes. This activity creates opportunity to explore through touch and discussion on colour and movement.Allowing children to create with the use of food such as fruit or vegetable paint printing and playing with jelly. Using dyed spaghetti in a bucket and allowing children to search through to find items or using the spaghetti to create a painting Pasta: Having dried pasta on a trolley with cups allows children to scoop the pasta in the cups and tip the cup out. Jelly with carsRice: Place some cooked or dry rice in a bowl and let children to add water. Watch the water change colour from the starch of the rice. Rice-this was an alternative activity, where grains of rice were coloured and used to create pictures of children’s choice.Egg shells – coloured in a variety of colours using food colouring- children draw own designs, or use pre-printed designs, to glue their choice of colours onto their print.Coloured SpaghettiCook one packet of spaghetti drain and cool separate into to 3 containers and add a few drops of food colouring to each container. Now put them all into a tub with some cooking utensils like tongs spoons bowls plates etc. for the children to experiment with. The spaghetti also makes a great collage activity to stick on card.Herbs make great props for all sorts of things and add the smell sense and if you are lucky enough to have an edible garden the taste. Kids love it but a safety session needs to go with it that you can't eat all plants and check first.?a great addition to any areas it allows for experimentation, exploration of all sorts of things in one small area. You can add sand (fine) for making patterns, pouring etc, or can build into sand water plants as collected. It can have paints for finger painting/ tracks made by all sorts of things, cereal and water, sugar cubes for building, icing sugar/flour- I even saw where you had ice with unscaled fish in it. The beauty of it is you can add anything you like and the tough spot becomes the containment point.PAINT Recipe for Homemade Finger Paint1 cup flour2 tablespoons salt1 1/2 cups cold water1 1/2 cups hot waterPour into a squeezable container. Depending on the size of the mouth of the bottle, you might need to use a funnel. ?Since it’s pretty thick, it will take some coaxing to get it through the funnel. Dump half of it into a bowl and add your desired color of food coloring.Snow globe paintclear plastic bottles,clear clag glue,hot water,food colouring anddifferent grades of glitter.Dissolve glue into the warm water at about 1:4 ratio of glue to water, this is best done in a pot on the stove. Carefully decant into clear bottles and allow cooling. Then allow the children to add a few drops of colouring and glitter of their choice. Finally seal the lid down real tight. The result is something like a snow globePuffy Paint- this recipe consists of: equal parts of salt and SR Flour; food colouring (or can be left white); and water to make the mixture a pancake batter consistency. Microwave (optional). Paint can be put into squeeze bottles, and then children can squeeze paint their designs onto paper or card. Once the design has been completed, the paper/card can be placed into a microwave for 30 seconds. This allows their designs to be dry in a short time and the SR Flour, adds an extra puff.Use Toothbrushes, Paint and Textas on black carboard. Paint under plastic children use their hands to squish the paint.?Paint with different tools (spikey balls, sponge shapes)Hand/Feet Painting on PaperBalloon painting. Put sand, glitter, paint powder, etc in a balloon using a funnel. Blow the balloon up and hang it up above a large sheet of paper that has glue spread on it. The child then pops the balloon to create a picture.Foam balls or marbles used to roll around paper with paint, or roll around in a big tray.Stamping. either make your own or use pre-purchased stamps and a sponge with food colour on it.Tracing the outline of our body lying down on paper, painting or using materials for parts of our bodies?ie magazine paper stripes for hair, buttons for eyes, sand for skin etcWax paintings. melt wax onto paper and tip paper to allow it to dribble and make a picture. This is also a fun way of painting on rocks or children draw patterns on paper with crayon and then painting Edicol dye over the topBlowing paint through a straw onto paper to make ‘splatter’ paintingsLabyrinthWe made a labyrinth outside out of small garden rocks. Firstly we translated the picture of a labyrith from the internet into lines of chalk on the concrete. Then we gathered rocks to place on the chalk lines. This was great as we all worked together to create it and then for weeks had a labyrith to run, walk and play in. The children placed special treasures in the centre and shared it with their friends showing them how to walk the labyrinth. Another recent sensory play experience that worked well is giving the children buckets of water with bubble bath and sponges and getting them to wash and clean all their plastic toys and cars.?Some more ideas for exploration and play with materials are: Water Beads: Water beads are the soft coloured water beads that are usually found in vases with flower arrangements or decorations. They can be used or children to squash squeeze and manipulate whilst using the sensory skills. Natural materials using such as leaves, nuts, flowers.?Contact onto a window stick (sticky side facing outwards) and child sticks on bits of paper and other materials, even cellophane to make a collage.?Tie Dye plain materials using food colouringPaper Mache?Collages ie magazine cut outs/ sand/ pasta/ feathers/ Leaves/ Used Toilet Paper Rolls/Small Cut out pieces of materials and patterns and 3D using Paddle Pop / Match sticks/ wooden pegs/cotton balls/Paper/ Buttons/ Pipe cleaners/Cellophane Coloured Paper/ Use Pipe cleaners to bend/twist together to make letters/shapes/ animalsClay: Making sculptures using clay ie House/ Animal. And/or make clay beads with my preschoolers last year. It was easy for them to break small pieces off and roll them into balls or to mold them in different shapes. Use match sticks for holes and paint them when they had set hard. Weaving. Jewellery making with different pasta and twine, use food colouring if want to add colours to the pasta.Clothes design. I recently made dolls skirts with my three girls using elastic and strips of scrap material. I've also seen some amazing pictures in the internet of a girl making paper clothes for herself.Material bags filled with rice and they had a clear plastic ‘window’ so you could see into the bag. Attached to the bag was a list of pictures of objects to find in the bag (a blue button, a picture of a cat etc.). You have to move the rice around using your hands until you find everything on the list. Contributors to sensory play ideas and resources: Juvy Eakins; Ka Pin Ao Ieong; Ashley Fensom ; Yvette Pengilly; Sherilyn Drew; Luisa Morfe; Rosie Brunker; Sadie Sandery; Flora Drakoulis; Veronica Wentworth; Michelle Barrett; Julie Schutz; Joanne Giersch; Debra Koch; Pauline Williams; Kim-Maree Shervell; Sonia Regan; Melissa Borrett; Anita Lewis; Amy McGeown; Tracy Maglasang; Wing Yi Chui; Marnie Smith; Chelsea Joyce; Amanda Howard; Melissa Paladino; Diane Cox; Naomi Hart; Matilda Schoeman; Angela Hull; Catherine Way; Margiati Ningsih; Karen Van Elk; Parvinder Kaur; Svetlana Demchenko; Linnea Mead; Tamara Jamieson; Melissa Keelan; Sarah Cooper; Sarah Fagg; Jennifer Da Silva; Kiri Dolman; Anna Latz; Jaylene Jan; Lauren Kamid; Aileen Hann; Kelly Jarc; Alison O’Loughlin; Rebecca Evans; Jocelyn Uibo; Jaclyn Window; Natalie Kahlert; Jacquelyn Readon; Tracy Randall; Anne Patmore; Chrisanthi Economou; Lisa McKenzie; Amanda Jeffrey; Amanda Kimpton; Alexandra Dwyer; Alison Sadowski; Tanya Rackebrandt; Stephanie Docherty; Karen Potter; Alice Williams; Sherelle Warner; Nicole Cox; Gordon Canning; Ranjana Chitturi; Vashti Kiely-Kavanagh; Ellen Siv; Jacqueline Lemon; Jade Sutcliffe; ................
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