Children explore their world around them using their five senses, hearing, sight, smell, taste, and touch. Creating a five senses investigation centre or table …
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A Pretend Play Flower Shop is an opportunity for children to take on the role as a florist or customer and play creatively while …
Funnels, tubes, sifts, bottles, scoopers, spoons, bottle tops and SAND! The perfect sensory play recipe for kids with endless fun and exploration. There are …
Creative Sand Art Activity was inspired by reading the story Magic Beach by Alison Lester (affiliate link). This activity is open-ended and great for multi-age …
How to Colour Sand for Sensory Play, is a quick and easy step by step guide on creating your very own colourful sand for …
Painting with Balloons is a great activity for kids to explore creatively and imaginatively as they create freely using simple props in an open-ended …
Fireworks Theme Maths – to keep within our celebration and fireworks theme, I have set up a couple of number and measurement activities to …
Sparkly Fireworks Sensory Tub is a simple sensory fireworks play idea, following on from our Fireworks Play Dough activity. It is a great celebration …
Homemade Eye Spy Sensory Bag are the ideal quiet activity to keep little hands busy and entertained in the car, appointments, shopping and other …
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What is magnetic? Sorting and Exploring Materials is a fun science concept for children to explore magnets. Setting up a Magnetic Sorting Tray will …
The kids are going to love this!!! Homemade Rubbery Goop is perfect for sensory play opportunities as it is safe and non-toxic using basic …
Primary Colours Squishy Bag Experiment is a wonderful sensory experience for children to see how colours mix and form other colours. Children use their …
Playing with the Magical Fairy Wonderland was such a magical moment for Miss 5 as she is absolutely crazy for all things fantasy and …
How to colour rice for sensory play? The information in this post provides a step by step guide outlining how we colour our rice …
Rice and Ice Sensory Activity is a fun activity that provides an opportunity to play with rhyming words, explore scientific concepts and learn about primary …
Bucket of Colourful Spaghetti Worms Sensory Play – Sensory fun and messy play at its best! A bucket filled with coloured spaghetti worms with …
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Pre-Writing Activities with Squishy Bags is a great way to target writing skills without using paper and pencils. It is providing a fun and …
Cloud Theme Sensory Bin is another activity that is part of our cloud series. The sensory bin is made up of cotton wool balls, …
How to make Squishy Sensory Bags?- Squishy bags are perfect for sensory play without the mess. They are cheap and easy to make and …
T is for Tiger Tea Party Story Retell activity involves bringing the story alive through sensory play. We created a sensory tub using various …
Digging For Dinosaur Fossils Sensory Bin: I previously shared an activity here on How to make Dinosaur Fossils? This is how we played with …
How to make Sand Foam? Sand Foam is perfect for sensory exploration. It is made up using only two ingredients, sand and shaving cream. …
Sorting Shapes in our Sensory Bin is a fun activity for children to learn about shapes, colours while developing their fine motor skills. This …
Alphabet Ice and Shaving Cream is a fun-filled, messy sensory play activity that children can explore their senses and learn about alphabet letters in …
Play Dough Flower Pots and making a potted garden with play dough is a fun way for children to play creatively and imaginatively. Children …
Recently we shared here on Learning 4 Kids a Bottle Top Soup Game and Miss 4 absolutely loved it. We extended the sensory play …
Scoop and catch fun! Bottle Top Soup Game is a fun sensory activity using simple items found around the home. Kids love to play …
I made these Sense of Smell Swatches and Sense of Touch Boards last year for a early years class I was teaching. They were …
The kids are going to love this!! Digging for Spaghetti Worms in Dirt is a simple sensory activity that only takes a few moments …
There is just so much to learn and discover about deserts, the climate, plant life, animal life and much more. To explore the desert …
Creating your own Underwater Zoo provides an opportunity to play and learn imaginatively. It is also a sensory activity that encourages creativity, oral language …
I have always loved watching little chubby fingers squishing and squashing play dough. I am not really sure what it is that I adore …
Homemade Edible Finger Paint is perfect for babies aged 6-18 months , toddlers and children who are more likely to place paint covered fingers …
Melting Insects in Ice is fun activity to introduce children and pre-schoolers to the letter I. It is such a fun opportunity to talk …
Sensory tubs are such great teaching tools and when I was recently cleaning out our pantry, I found a couple of mixed soup packets …
There are numerous sensory play ideas and activities for playing with cloud dough and I look forward to sharing more here on Learning 4 …
Cloud Dough which can sometimes be called Moon Sand is a homemade mixture used for sensory play experiences. The consistency of Cloud Dough can be …
Catch and Scoop is a fun and engaging activity that encourages fine motor development and scissor skills. This activity is great for sensory exploration …
Light Tables or Light Panels are a fabulous learning tool that enhance sensory play opportunities. The activities and learning experiences are endless and encourage …
Messy, sensory play at its best! Shaving cream is great for sensory exploration and provides endless opportunities for children to play and discover. You …
Old Mac Donald had a Farm is a favourite nursery rhyme in our house at the moment and we have read (and sang) …
Coloured Ice Boats is a fun sensory activity for children to explore colour. As the ice melt it creates coloured water to mix and …
It is amazing how giving kids the most simplest of props can inspire and encourage their imagination and creativity. There are no rules, no …
Water Beads and Ice is an open-ended and hands-on sensory play opportunity. They are so much fun as they are about the size of …
Today I feel incredibly privileged to share a guest post with you written by a lovely blogging friend of mine, Penny from Mother Natured. Be sure …
Today I am very excited to share a guest post with you, Kylie from Octavia and Vicky. Be sure to visit her fabulous blog …
Ice World is a sensory activity for toddlers and pre-school children that involves playing with ice, water and sea theme props. Older children will still …
This activity was FUN, REALLY FUN!! Kids love to get messy, it comes with being a kid as they explore their natural curiosity about …
These milk numbers shown in the photo are made using milk and vinegar. Mixing milk and vinegar together is an interesting science experiment to …
If you haven’t made Gloop yet, then this is a must for any toddler or child to try. It is super fun and super …
Sensory awareness goes hand in hand with creativity. Sensory play arouses children’s imaginations, creativity and curiosity through exploration of texture, temperature and fun! Gloop …
Ice Boats Water Play: Water and ice are great for sensory play with kids as it engages children into a world of exploration and …
My three little chickies played with our Easter Sensory Play Table for hours!! It is amazing how giving kids the most simplest of props/items …
Buttons are amazing as there are so many different shapes, sizes, colours, materials and styles. Kids love to run their hands through buttons, sort …
Since our first play experience with jelly, my kids have been asking if we could do it again. They had so much fun exploring …
Not long ago I published a post on our Strawberry Theme Birthday Party, we had a sensory tub full of rice for party friends …
We have found another way of using our bottle tops – IN THE BATH! It is a simple unstructured and fun sensory play idea …
It is always interesting to see what kids come up with when you give them simple props to promote play with an open-ended, unstructured …
Using the rice from our Rainbow Rice Bags sensory play activity we went onto making our very own rainbows. We used the coloured rice …
Bright, colourful, no mess, and fun – sensory play with rainbow coloured rice in zip lock bags. We have a few activities planned for the …
Lost in a world of bubbles! The joy that bubbles bring to children is amazing and they will play with them for as long …
Making learning your alphabet fun by searching for alphabet letters in a sensory tub with strawberry scented and pink coloured rice. This sensory play …
Sand is a toy! The less a toy does the more a child will learn! Sand is such a great sensory toy for kids …
Christmas is an exciting time; it is also a time when we pull out all our Christmas decorations. There are lots of great sensory …
Giggling and squealing with delight my 3 kids and a bath tub full of water balloons. So much fun!! It is a great sensory …
Making Fluffy Snow using soap flakes is a fun and messy sensory play activity. It is a great way to incorporate a bit of …
Ooey, gooey, slushy and messy! Playing with jelly! I have had this sensory play activity planned for some time and I am so thrilled …
Today, I am so excited to share one of our Learning 4 kids reader’s activity! Thank you Leah for taking the time to share …
My name is Janice and I am an Early Childhood Teacher in Australia.
I have a strong passion and love for teaching and creating meaningful learning experiences for my students. What I love most is watching children discover in those amazing light bulb moments. I hope Learning4kids brings you some useful ideas.
