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Sensory Play

The Power of Not Yet

The new year is about making positive changes to our behaviours and mindsets, making it the perfect time to consider the growth mindset made popular by Carol Dweck in her 2006 book, Mindset:

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Category :Education Issues, Language and Literacy, Letters and Phonics

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Top 5 Outdoor Sandbox Resources
02 April 2018 Spring is officially here and with it comes dreams of long outdoor days and outside lessons for this educator. We have talked about Sand and Water Play but here we are discussing outdoor sand resources. Sand resources that we can use indoors at the sensory table and then pull outside for spring...
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Category :Outdoor Play, Sensory Play

Sand and Water Play
28 February 2018 As we look forward to summer months in the sand box and paddling pool, we can choose to bring a little bit of summer into the classroom, now. Whether it is a large sensory table such as this Large Deluxe Wooden Sand & Water Centre or a smaller Activity Tub, sand...
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Category :Active Play, Play, Sensory Play

The Importance of Messy Play for Young Children
25 June 2017 Messy play allows children to explore their world learning from the materials they are interacting with. The open ended opportunities of messy play allow children to explore in an inviting, non-threatening way, there is no right or wrong way to play. The lack of focus on making something or an...
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Category :Active Play, Outdoor Play, Play, Sensory Play

Jumbo Number Pebbles and Halloween Fun
28 October 2015 We borrowed these Jumbo Number Pebbles to play with a few days ago. They are lovely to lift and play with, feeling like real pebbles. As with all our pebbles, they are made from a unique stone mix, engraved and painted. The numbers just have to be felt and traced...
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Category :Manipulatives, Math, Sensory Play

Montessori Inspired Learning (Part 2)
16 April 2015 Who was Maria Montessori? Maria Montessori was born on 31st August 1870 in Chiavalle, Italy. She started her public schooling with average reports but soon began to excel in math and science. She broke away from the norm by attending the Regio Instituto Tecnico Leonardo da Vinci, unusual for women...
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Category :Education Issues, Infant and Toddler, Sensory Play

Arctic Play with Bubber
28 November 2013 Between working for Quality Classrooms and studying for my Masters in Education the blog posts have become fewer. The flowers; Daisy and Rose went into full time daycare for the first time last September. As a result, opportunities to schedule structured activities have slipped. I need a reminder... mama, stop and...
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Category :Light Play, Sensory Play

St Paddies Day Bubber Play
14 March 2013 Yesterday I pulled out the green Bubber and some fun additions including Bright Buttons, Coloured Flat Wooden Shapes and some stems. I put it all in a box and made it look pretty (forgot to take a photo) and the first thing the girls did was pull everything onto the table to...
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Category :Sensory Play

Number Fun Ducks and Water Play
26 February 2013 With there not being a chance of getting a pool outside for months, we have been enjoying water play inside, in other ways. These include learning to dry non breakable dishes, playing in the bath and sensory water tub play using: cups sieves memory match clams number fun ducks Water has...
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Category :Sensory Play

Happy New Year- smelling of pine needles
01 January 2012 I hope you have had a wonderful Christmas break and are ready to jump into 2012. We have jumped in feet first and are loving it, after a rather sickly Christmas. I decided to take a blogging break between Christmas and New Year and good job; we were all sick...
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30 Days to Hands on Play – Day 10-15
28 November 2011 DAY 10 CHALLENGE: MIXING CONCOCTIONS Pour milk in a shallow tray, add food coloring in the center. Dip a Q-Tip in dish soap and touch the center of the milk and watch it spread. This was the suggestion from the list of ideas provided by Hands on as we Grow and we...
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Category :Education Issues, Sensory Play

30 days Play challenge Days 6-9
19 November 2011 DAY 4 CHALLENGE: PRETEND ISLANDS! (I didn't share what we did last post so here you are!) We used a varienty of 'islands' including pillows and soft play equipment and created a trail or train. Daisy, Rose and I had to travel along the islands and not fall into the waters...
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Category :Education Issues, Sensory Play

The sense of touch - feel and find
15 November 2011 Shape is the topic at preschool this week so I thought the 3D Feel & Find would be the perfect activity to combine preschool and home learning. We started off by talking about the five senses, trying to list them and deciding which senses we are about to use. I gave...
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Category :Math, Science, Sensory Play

30 Days to Hands on Play - The first 5 days
11 November 2011 So we have signed up to do this great 30 Days to Hands on Play Challenge with The Imagination Tree and Hands on as We Grow. The idea is to spend at least 15 minutes a day playing uninterrupted with our kids, and trying out ideas. If you would like more details on...
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Category :Education Issues, Sensory Play

Investigating the Sense of Smell - Scent Swooshers
09 November 2011 Rather than doing the usual scent match up or guessing game I wanted to try something different. We have a product called Scent Swooshers. I opened the pack and took a look: It contained: 12 scent pastels 6 easy to clean plastic scent swooshers 50 paper inserts An ideas guide The ideas guide basically...
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Category :Science, Sensory Play

Halloween Sensory Box
27 October 2011 After checking out Pinterest for some great ideas, I had a lot of fun making this Halloween sensory box. I think part of the joy of making these boxes is collecting and also we get to have first play! Rose was the first to delve in. As before, we try...
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Category :Sensory Play

Exploring a Fall Sensory Box
17 October 2011 I have been looking at beautiful sensory boxes on a number of blogs and have wanted to give this a try for a while. A fall theme seemed like an easy starter box to try. As an elementary teacher I am used to learning objectives and structured activities so this...
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Category :Sensory Play

Goop and Gak
01 September 2011 Goop and Gak; what a fun morning. The goop we used is a product I have being longing to try for quite a while. GobbledyGoop is a polymer and makes a slimy, stringy texture. It makes me think of Slimer from Ghostbusters. The big bonus for using with small children...
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Sensory Play

The Power of Not Yet

Recent Post

Top 5 Outdoor Sandbox Resources

Sand and Water Play

The Importance of Messy Play for Young Children

Jumbo Number Pebbles and Halloween Fun

Montessori Inspired Learning (Part 2)

Arctic Play with Bubber

St Paddies Day Bubber Play

Number Fun Ducks and Water Play

Happy New Year- smelling of pine needles

30 Days to Hands on Play – Day 10-15

30 days Play challenge Days 6-9

The sense of touch - feel and find

30 Days to Hands on Play - The first 5 days

Investigating the Sense of Smell - Scent Swooshers

Halloween Sensory Box

Exploring a Fall Sensory Box

Goop and Gak