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Sensory Misc
Contact_FullName: Donnette Contact_Email: Searsinhouston@aol.com date:: 3/12/02 Area: sensory tables Idea: I went to the rail road gathered rocks sprayed painted them metallic gold put them in my table added sand and water and two strainers, my children sifted for gold! (they loved it). Contact_FullName: Heidi Contact_Email: hroggenbuck@yahoo.com date:: 1/20/02 Area: Sensory Idea: When coloring rice or noodles for the sensory table, use Liquid Watercolor from Discount School Supply. It's relatively inexpensive, goes a long way, makes BRIGHT colors and dries easily. Simply put the rice or noodles into a Ziploc bag. Add desired amount of liquid water color, squish around in bag until color is evenly distributed. Lay out to dry if necessary. This has worked much better for coloring rice and noodles for me! Also works well for coloring play-doh!
12-5-00Great idea! While discovery the 5 senses, here are some great dramatic play suggestions. Sight - eye doctor, Sound - recording studio, Smell - flower shop, Touch - clothing store, Taste - bakery or grocery store.
11-7-00Great idea for sensory play for infants through preschool! In a sturdy freezer bag put Karo syrup with a bit of food coloring. (Blue, purple, and green work best for a calming effect.) Secure bag with tape along seems because it can get messy if the bag breaks. Allow children to mush it around. Talk to the about how their body heat warms the bag. This even got my 13 year old and his friends to sit down for a half hour!
10-16-00Balloons filled with any variant of textured dry goods become like colored hackey sacks, for feeling , squishing, guessing, matching, pitching & catching. Use rice, beans, peas, lentils, marbles , corn starch, flour, sugar.
10-2-00Recipe for Silly Putty In a zip loc bag, place 1 tablespoon Elmer's glue, 1 tablespoon water and 2 drops of food coloring Mix well. In a container mix 1/2 cup water and 1 tablespoon Borax. After the glue, water and food coloring have been mixed, add 1 tablespoon of the borax mixture. Close Ziploc and mix well. The result is a very, very close resemblance to the real silly putty.
9-8-00We read "Goldilocks and the Three Bears" and discussed what senses were used. The bears and Goldilocks smell and taste the porridge, goldilocks feels the chairs and beds, the bears see Goldilocks in the bed. I would stop when needed and ask "What sense are they using now?"
9-4-00For a unit on the five senses, I fill my sensory table with all of the flower heads and herbs, from my garden. Normally I cut down all my perennials in my garden, but they find a nice place in the sensory table. The children can observe different colors, textures and scents. Actually its a great big potpourri bowl and makes the classroom smell great.
8-24-00We were talking about our five senses. In our dramatic play area we set up a clothes store. During the week of 'touch'. we used different types of fabrics example a straw, purse, a velvet purse and a toy purse. We did this with different types of clothes. We also used a large cardboard box and made it a dressing room by putting a valance taped to the front of the box. Added a cash register and some money as they paid for their clothes. Our preschoolers enjoyed this area!
8-15-00Texture Books Cut squares from cardboard and then punch a hole in the top right corner of each square (make about 5 per child). Then cut out squares of materials with different textures (it is best to prepare all of this ahead of time). Materials to use can include felt, bubble wrap, sand paper, fake fur, and satin. Allow the children to glue one material to each page, then bind together with a metal key ring.
7-31-00Working with 2's and 3's I have found that the shaving foam play is a hit every time... but there is also another way to do this! Simply put down al foil and use baby lotion, they love it This is a great 15-20 activity with minimal clean-up. Enjoy!
7-26-00Scented Play-dough Mix all ingredients in a saucepan. Cook for @3 minutes stirring constantly until a firm ball forms. You can add more coloring or extract after, if necessary.
6-11-00During 5 senses week, my son's preschool teacher had the children poke whole cloves into an unpeeled orange. This created a "yummy" smell as well as a tactile experience; not to mention the fine motor practice!
5-25-00When talking about senses, tell the children a story. Fill film containers with a small bit of a strong scented food (Chocolate, orange, lemon, peanut butter, and garlic work best). Next line them up in the order you will present them. The story can be as creative as you want by talking like you were the child going w/mommy to the store and didn't know what food was going in the cart. Next say, "so I smelled it to find out." Then, pass each hidden mystery food around to be smelled. If the children have a hard time figuring it out, drop hints such as, "This is a yellow fruit."
5-18-00Thread a piece of yarn through two drinking straws. Tie the yarn in a knot. Hold the straws as handles and immerse in bubble solution. Slowly lift up and you will have a bubble sheet. Gently move your arms up and down and the bubble will rise and fall.
4-24-00The children I work with love shaving cream in sensory that smells like lime. Sometimes I put little plastic dinosaurs for them to play with in it. Even though its messy t it keeps all my children happy and that's what counts.
4-16-00Packing Bubbles: Get construction paper (different Colors) and place them under the packing bubbles. Tape the packing bubbles on the floor. Have the children step on the packing bubbles and see the reaction you get. I entitled this "Pop music" Play some music while your doing this!! Another idea is to place pictures of the children under the packing bubbles. Tape it to the wall (anywhere is good) and have the children pop the bubbles and discover who is under the the packing bubbles.
Date: 4-10-00
areaSensory area A great dry activity for the sensory area is shredded paper. Most businesses are willing to give it away. The children love to hide toys in it and most of all, wear it on their heads.
Date: 4-5-00SENSORY BLOCK AREA I was doing senses as a topic and came up with painting pieces of wood with Kool-aid. I used scrap wood from a lumberyard I added food coloring to the Kool-aid instead of water. (I also added a bit of hand soap to the mixture as this stains) The wood smelt for days the children then glued and hammered the wood to make different objects.
Date: 4-1-00The children and I were unpacking all the toys we received. We found lots of bubble wrap, they enjoyed popping the bubbles a lot that we decided to do different activities for them. Such as: Placed on the wall and had pictures of the children under it. Placed on the floor with different colors of construction paper and had the children dancing on it in their socks ( I called it Pop music) Placed it on the table for a different texture. I am sure there is a lot more you can do with this.
Date: 3-13-00I great idea for making play dough is instead of adding food coloring add a packet of Kool-Aid to it. This colors the dough and makes it smell great!!!!!
Date: 3-11-00Sensory Pool For a true sensory experience, replace your traditional water table with a large swimming pool. Fill the pool with various non-messy materials ( balls, Styrofoam pieces, Easter grass, paper, etc) and let the children climb right in. They can really "immerse" themselves in fun, and they will love it!!
Date: 3-1-00Lower the Sensory Table as close to the ground as possible if it has a spout on the bottom try putting it up on blocks for support and function. Fill the table with Pine hamster/rabbit shavings or bedding and Styrofoam peanuts. My kids were covered head to toe! I have the challenge of finding activities for children that are just 3 and children that missed the kindergarten cut off by 1 day and ALL of my children loved this activity. The next day half of them asked if we could do it again. I was really lucky to be able to borrow an extra and have 2 tables available.
Date: 3-30-00I duct taped a 4 foot by 2 foot. Sheet of "bubble pack" to our paneled wall. I laid four wooden mallets (that we use for clay) under it. 20 months- four years old really enjoyed banging away with no damage to the wall. This can also be done on a table.
Date: 2-25-00For sensory play, my toddlers love to play in flour. We give them plates and bowls and cars, anything that they might enjoy.
Date: 2-25-00My toddlers love Jell-O play. It's very messy, but lots of fun. We add gummy worms and different things to give it different textures. It is great!
Date: 2-25-00My toddlers love to have "Confetti" play. All this is shredded paper we get out of the shredder. Ours is little scraps. They love to throw it on their friends. You just have to be careful, some like to eat it.
2-23-00Make a book with the kids...I was caught red-handed TOUCHING... I had the child put his hand in a red ink pad and place his hand print on each page. Then I had several items out for the children to touch (e.g. burlap, aluminum foil, feathers, spring coils, etc.) the child touched the item and then told me what it felt like...some children said good and I said does it feel bumpy or smooth, wet or dry, etc. I wrote on each page what they felt and how it felt. Then the child glued a piece of the item to their red hand. I will have them read it to me before they take it home to read to their parents.
Date: 2-9-00Sensory show and tell- Each day have child bring in favorite taste, touch, sound, sight, and smell as you cover the senses.
Date: 2-6-00I have heard that this is a neat addition to play dough. Give the children different sizes of googly eyes and watch them create different animals, people, etc. :)
ideaFor the sense of touch, I use a touch bag or even a touch box. A child puts his hand into a bag filled with various items. His eyes should be closed. He determines what the item is using his sense of touch.
Date: 1-19-00This is variation of someone else's idea "sensory gloves". She had said to put playdough or rice in latex gloves and tie them off. You can also try water, sand, or my favorite flour. ENJOY! Date: 1-9-00Five Senses Touch: Pudding Painting, Texture walk (walk on different types of objects), Glue items on paper when done soft (cotton balls) hard (rocks), Slippery (wax paper, rough (sand paper) Smell: Make Kool-Aid play dough (add Kool-Aid to water when making), Scented flowers (precut flower kids decorate and spray cotton ball with perfume, glue in the middle) Sight: Binoculars (using two toilet paper tubes, tape, string around neck) Braille. use lentil beans glue in pattern of Braille alphabet (dots pre-done by teacher) for child's name. Sound: Guitar (paint a shoe box, put rubber bands around it), tape record sounds guess what they are Taste: favorite Foods (cut food out of magazines and glue on paper), have a tasting party.
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