This week has been smooth sailing here at AoHC with Sensory Play Week! Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates your young child's senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing...and we have been doing a lot with our senses!
Sensory play is very important for children, as the child develops trust and understanding of this texture it helps build positive pathways in the brain to say it is safe to engage with this food. Sensory play literally helps shape what children to believe to be positive and safe in the brain. Ultimately, shaping the choices children make and impacting behaviour.
For instance, a child who is particularly fussy with eating foods with a wet texture such as spaghetti, the use of sensory play can assist the child in touching, smelling and playing with the texture in an environment with little expectation.
So, now that we know WHY sensory play is so important, here are some fun activities we did this week to promote this type of PLAY!
Pet Washing Station in Toddler 1
Digging for Bugs in PS2
Old McDonald Sensory Tub
Colored Water Play with PS1
WATER BEADS (a school favorite)
Muddy Puppy Wash Station
Play Dough
Sensory Bags
Finger Painting in Todd 2
"Brick Laying" with PreK 3
Making Slime in PreK 3
Outside Art Center
If you would like to learn more about The Power of Play, click here!
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