Do you remember making petal perfume when you were a child? It’s a lovely garden sensory play idea I’m keen to pass on to my daughter.
Here’s how we made ours:
Small world play :: frog life cycle
This small world play idea combines sensory play and loose parts to explore the frog life cycle. Come and take a look at our indoor pond!
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Midsummer messy play :: solstice sensory tub
Today we’re enjoying some midsummer messy play with a sunshine sensory tub!
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How to make colored salt for sensory play
Here’s another idea in our recipes for play series, this time showing you how to make colored salt, which is great for sensory play and learning.
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Jungle small world :: play dough fun
Some homemade play dough and a few loose parts, together with a child’s imagination, soon make a fabulous jungle small world.
Here’s one way we use play dough for imaginary play and story telling.
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Sleepy bunnies small world sensory tub
This small world sensory tub came to life after I took my own advice! Last week when we were talking about loose parts free play I mentioned my idea of using a Magic Three – three items from our super loose parts list {click through to print your own copy} – when you need a little spark of something new. Here’s what happened when we combined rice, shells and cotton wool!
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Activities for toddlers :: sensory play
Welcome to our special week on NurtureStore where we’re focusing on all things toddlers! The ‘terrible twos’ has such a bad reputation but really toddlers are at a wonderful stage of childhood. It’s a time when they are on their feet and ready to explore the world. They’re beginning to chat and to enjoy imaginary play and it’s such a lovely time to see your child’s personality developing. The ideas in our Just Right For Toddlers series are all based on learning through play and cover maths games, early reading and writing, arts and crafts and more. Today, to start our series, here are our favourite ideas for sensory play.
