Pumpkin seed soup
Exploring the wonderful smell of pumpkin spice and feel of pumpkin seeds through the simple water play experience of making pumpkin seed soup!
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...
Stirring up colorful designs through sensory coloring
The children had fun using jumbo sized crayons to stir up a colorful design through sensory coloring!
Exploring textured water play
When a preschooler is in the “play zone” it is best to let him explore without interruption! Exploring textured water play is just the ticket for getting your child into the play zone!
One-inch water play
I rarely meet a preschool age child that doesn’t enjoy water play. Although any kind of water play ultimately leads to wet kids, the benefits of water play far outweigh the hassle of mopping up wet floors or changing out wet clothing…
A very simple invitation to sensory play
Exploring shave cream sensory play with a two year old and understanding what is most important along the way…
Colored water play in preschool
Exploring the process of mixing colors with this very intriguing and open ended water play station!
Stirring up alphabet sensory soup
As a review of the letters and their sounds, the children stirred up some alphabet soup.
Gummy worm science
Yesterday, I shared with you how we used live worms to create a worm farm. Today, I’d like to tell you about our gummy worm science.
Measuring and creating with colored spaghetti
We continued our fun day of exploration by measuring colored spaghetti noodles.
Reading Jan Brett and making our own gingerbread playdough
Reading the wonderfully illustrated book “Gingerbread Friends” by Jan Brett and making the best smelling gingerbread playdough ever!
DIY eyeballs for our play dough spiders
Making spiders with our new DIY googly eyes for play dough!
The exploration of smell
Exploring our sense of smell through this engaging water transfer experience.
Squeezable and colorful water play
Exploring squeezable colored water play fun in preschool!
Play dough color surprise and play dough Ice cream cones
For our part of the play dough pledge, our class cooked up some play dough and then enjoyed a play dough colorful surprise!
Watermelon exploration in preschool
A wonderful day of discovery as we explored a real watermelon in prek!
The wonderful world of water bead play
All you want to know about exploring waterbeads in the preschool classroom….
Simple watermelon suncatchers
Having a little creative watermelon fun in the preschool classroom!
Everyday shave cream play
Exploring many wonderful sensory experiences through shave cream play including the addition of some water beads!
Exploring holes and sensory play
Exploring boxes with holes and a sensory play in preschool….
A duck, a goose, and an egg
Having fun with rubber ducks after reading the fun children’s book “Duck and Goose” by Tad Hills!
Seeded playdough sensory play
Playing with homemade seeded playdough as we continue our exploration of different types of seeds!
The wonders of bright and colorful gelatin
Exploring color, texture, water, and temperature through our play with gelatin squares in preschool!
Writing in salt
Building up prewriting skills through the use of salt trays in preschool!
Spaghetti sensory play
Exploring spaghetti in our preschool classroom turns into a wonderful exploration in texture and color!