We are temporarily reviving our Children's Blog to provide some resources for families who are stuck at home during this period of social distancing due to COVID-19. We will put together a variety of activities for you and your families every day at 1:00 pm. See which ones you can do, and if you get the chance, share the results with us on any of our social media platforms, which will be listed at the bottom of this blog.
Today's theme is Sensory Play!
Frozen Dinosaur Rescue: https://theimaginationtree.com/frozen-dinosaur-eggs-sensory-play/
This is a relatively cheap and easy sensory play activities, one that you can replicate as many times as you'd like. You can freeze the dinosaurs in balloons, or as we've done in the Dinosaur Dig, just freeze them in muffin tins.
Your kids will come up with all sorts of fun ways to get the dinosaurs out of the ice, from different tools to adding salts and soaps. To help with cold fingers, it's a good idea to have warm water on hand.
For a better sensory experience, add different food colouring to each dinosaur - it'll make a great visual display!
Hot Chocolate Cloud Dough: https://sugarspiceandglitter.com/hot-chocolate-cloud-dough/
While you may want to avoid doing sensory plays that involve food products, if you happen to have a good supply of flour, hot chocolate mix, and oil on hand, this is a wonderfully aromatic sensory play.
You can add any household items to shape and form the dough for your little one to play with.
Check out another great cloud dough activity here.
Bubble Foam: https://busytoddler.com/2019/04/bubble-foam-baking-bin/
If there was ever a perfect sensory activity to do when encouraging good hygiene, this just might be it! It's such a simple concept - sudsy soap and water, but you can do so much with it!
As a bonus, if the kids spill, they're really just doing some extra cleaning! Add any toys for the kids to play with, from bath toys to baking tools. The possibilities are limitless!
Hopefully these activities help break up the day and get your family engaging in some creative and interesting sensory play.
If your kids loved these activities, feel free to send us feedback or pictures on any of our social media platforms, linked below.
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