From water to sand, slime, shave cream, and seeds – the list of sensory materials you can explore is almost endless. If you would like to read a brief overview about what sensory play is then begin by reading this post : Everyday Sensory Play in Preschool.
Here are some of the many ways we explore sensory play...
Lets Build a Mud Kitchen
Have you been looking for a way to get your kids or students playing outside more? Do you want a way to engage them in
Here is a playdough you are going to love!
Are you exploring creative ways to keep your kids active and engaged these days? I want to share a favorite playdough with you that I
Snowball science and sensory play for preschool
If you happen to have snow on the ground or are expecting some anytime soon, then be sure to add snow science and sensory play
Six crazy cool ways to explore with snow inside the classroom
The weather here has been all over the place from well below freezing to beautiful blankets of snow. I am not a fan of the
Learning about real life through small world play
A great way for children to make sense of their world in the classroom! What is small world play? Small world play is an activity
Discovering spectacular things in preschool
Your students will love the simple joys of discovering spectacular things! We read a book this week that inspired us to hunt for our own
Construction truck sensory play
Following the interests of your children makes learning meaningful! This idea was inspired by one of my students who loves construction trucks. When one of
How to create your own arctic small world play!
Small World Play by Meri Cherry A wonderful way to celebrate any season or holiday is to invite your students to create their own small
Washing up apples in the water table!
Each year, we collect apples from an apple tree near where I live. Some of the apples have already fallen off the tree while others
This DIY sand table stand worked great!
As I mentioned in my previous post, I am on a DIY roll with making different kinds of PVC stands for my classroom and this
A crazy cool DIY water play stand
I spent about an hour at our local Home Depot store in the PVC pipe section trying to figure out how to make my own
DIY Outdoor Sound Wall
A wonderful way for your preschool children to explore sound and rhythm while creating music outdoors! With the nice weather, my students want to be
Planting our beautiful flowers in play dough
I have enjoyed sharing the interactive books of Christie Matheson with my pre-k class over the past few weeks. As with most books we share
Jingle bells really do rock!
The minute the children walked into the classroom, they headed straight to the jingle bell water play station. Let me begin by telling you that the
Tree farm small world sensory play!
I wasn’t sure if my students would really be all that excited about the idea but to my delight, they absolutely loved it! I put
High five for our sense of touch!
We spent time exploring our hands and if you are going to explore your hands, you just have to add a little high five into the mix! Hop on over and read more on my blog!