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...
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!
Rainbow slime in preschool
Mixing up some rainbow slime in preschool!
Toothbrush water play in preschool
A super simple and fun water play activity to promote dental care in the preschool classroom!
Heart and hand prints in the salt tray in prek
Adding to the salt box and a few tips on making the salt box experience more successful in preschool!
Exploring what will float or sink in preschool
Exploring sink or float with Styrofoam trays, plastic lids, and other simple materials…
Preschool science and sensory with balloons and water
Let’s take a look at how you can science and sensory play with balloons and water. Before I share this activity with you – let
Ketchup and Mustard waterplay
Along with our dramatic play with the grill, our painting on the grill, and our ketchup and mustard squeeze painting, we enjoyed some ketchup and mustard
Exploring spring sensory play with preschoolers
When I fill a sensory table, I usually have everything already in it that I think the children would like to play with. However today,
Plastic egg color mixing water play science in preschool
They say to keep your titles short but I couldn’t decide what to call this so I threw in the all the words that describe
The shave cream table is irresistible in preschool
I wish everyone could have seen the delight in this little girl’s face as she was playing in the shave cream today… Shave cream play
Digging up dinosaurs in preschool
It doesn’t matter how old the preschoolers are, they all seem to equally enjoy digging up dinosaurs… For one of our activity boxes this week,
A simple sensory table for preschoolers
Years ago I took a part time teaching position in a YMCA preschool program. The classroom space was nice but we had to share the
Learning with cheerios in preschool
We explored our numbers, counting, and the letter ‘O’ with this fun preschool activity using cheerios.
At play with baby: bouncing balls
A big ball, medium ball, and a small ball too… A red ball, yellow ball, and one the color blue… What can Clara do with
Making colorful and scented rice for preschool
When I get started on something – I just keep going until I have exhausted all the ideas I can come up with. …Or until