Welcome to Day Twelve of 31 days of Sensory Play. When the kids come home from school they are beat! Yours too, I see. After the hugs and dumping of book bags, one of the first things they ask, “What’s for snack?” With the evenings turning chilly and dark we all love a cosy hot chocolate. Today we’re going… View Post
Welcome to Day Eleven of 31 days of Sensory Play. Don’t get stuck in a rut with your sensory play locations. It’s not always about new ideas sometimes it is about new locations for our favourite activities. With active boys who want to move we try and accommodate the wiggles. Keeping active and moving is something kids want to do… View Post
Welcome to Day Ten of 31 days of Sensory Play. Anytime of year playdough is a lot of fun. The kitchen is our best place because we have carpet elsewhere. It makes for an easy clean up and the kids love to help with the cooking and let’s face it playdough is like cooking too. We love our cooked homemade… View Post
Welcome to Day Nine of 31 days of Sensory Play. The BG really didn’t like to touch soft, squishy and mushy things. We’d noticed it but it was becoming a problem. He was seeing a speech therapist and he’d begun to enjoy a sensory bin but playdough and shaving cream- No! We had a lot of input from different services… View Post
Welcome to Day Eight of 31 days of Sensory Play. The LO is really enjoying mark making. As he plays more with small objects he’s getting used to getting them to do what he wants. The frustration levels rise and falls. This activity was a hit because once set up he could come and go with it during the day…. View Post
Welcome to Day Seven of 31 days of Sensory Play. Let’s get into some seasonal play activities. Fall Pumpkin Activities for Kids [from It’s Playtime! :: The Imagination Tree Fall Sensory Bin :: Happy Hooligans Top 10 Ingredients for a Fall Sensory Tub :: Kid Activities Seasonal play outdoors for toddlers :: Play Activities Toddler Tuesday… FALL sensory bucket :: Mom with a Lesson… View Post
Welome to the Sunday Parenting Party! This week seen the start of a 31 day series here on Play Activities about Sensory Activities. It’s been so much fun writing and doing the activities with my little one. Plus following along with other 31 dayers. Who are you following during the month? Today’s theme is about spending time together with… View Post
Welcome to Day Six of 31 days of Sensory Play. Start a sensory collection that you can use many times. The sticky leftover bread dough was a large no longer used pot. It’s where we stir together our playdough and it’s large enough to collect all our paint things. It lives in the kitchen. It’s so much easier having this… View Post
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Welcome to Day Five of 31 days of Sensory Play. Physical touch and play has changed so much within our century. Get a bunch of children together and soon they’ll want to be rolling around on the floor together; grabbing each other and generally touching each other. Followed shortly by parents untangling children and separting them. I’ve noticed my boys… View Post
