Super simple learning ideas for kids!
Homemade play dough is so easy to make! Play dough that smells amazing and only includes 3 ingredients {and no cooking} is even better! During the school year, my preschoolers get to enjoy homemade play dough all year long. New play dough is sent in twice a month by their awesome parents and each new color or scent is always exciting to play with! My
I think that I am just as excited (if not more!) as my preschoolers when I introduce a new sensory bin in our classroom! Even simple materials impress my 3 year-old preschoolers. It’s nice that now a few weeks into the school year, they are able to try their best at waiting patiently to get their turn in our sensory play area. Our magnetic apples
Sensory bags are a great way for young children to explore, discover, and expand their sense of touch without getting messy like other forms of sensory play! The textures, colors, and items inside the bags make them an inviting way to engage toddlers and preschoolers. Our Ocean Name Recognition Sensory Bag is full of letter fish swimming around and will help little learners explore while
Messy play is always so much fun with preschoolers! I find that when our sensory play is a little out of the box and intriguing, more of my preschoolers who may normally shy away from getting messy, join in. Our pigs in the mud sensory bin was super messy, but so easy to set up! It also allowed my preschoolers to help, which they loved.
Sensory bottles can be used in so many different ways with toddlers and preschoolers! In my classroom, sensory bottles are used for calming down, exploring, science, literacy, math, and as an extension to what we are learning about! Our 5 Little Pumpkins sensory bottle goes perfectly with the fall theme and the classic children’s poem that we learn each year. This sensory bottle is super
Ribbit! Splash! Frogs seem to be everywhere this summer! We see them in the grass hopping all over and have saved too many to count from our pool. My kids are slightly obsessed with the super cute baby frogs that have recently made an appearance, so it was so much fun creating a Frog Splashing Pond Small World for them to play with! Affiliate links
Super bouncy balls! They bounce everywhere, get lost, and then are found in very odd places all over my house months later. I always think that super balls would be so fun to experiment with sensory play in my classroom, but realistically, they would drive some of the kids bananas! It dawned on me (while throwing the empty peanut butter container into the recycle bin)
Wiggly worms! Mother birds feed their babies wiggly worms while they stay safe in their nest. Those wiggly worms can be hard to hang on to! This sensory bin is a big bird nest full of wiggly worms and baby birds waiting to be fed. Strengthen fine motor muscles, work on color sorting, and have fun playing all at the same time! Just like our
Sensory play with cotton balls! If there is one area of the classroom that my preschoolers visit the most, it would be our sensory table activities! Because of this, I like to change the theme and materials in our sensory bins often. Spring and Easter are just around the corner, so this is the perfect time of year to introduce my preschoolers to our Bunny
