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Why are Sensory Activities so important?
Why are Sensory Activities so important?
From birth through to early childhood, children use their senses to explore and try to make sense of the world around them. They do this by touching, tasting, smelling, seeing, moving and hearing.
Children and even adults learn best and retain the most information when they engage their senses.
Providing opportunities for children to actively use their senses as they explore their world through ‘sensory play’ is crucial to brain development – it helps to build nerve connections in the brain’s pathways.
We do a lot of Sensory Play during He Awhi Taonga time. These are some of the activities that we do:
Bubbles;
Slime;
Playdough;
Kinetic Sand;
Touch/feel bins and cards;
Ice;
Shaving foam;
Water balloons;
Gloop;
Finger painting;
Sand/sandpit;
Bubble foam;
Sensory bottles;
Water play.
Below are some recipes for Sensory Activities for your child:
(Credit: MotherCould.com)
Below are some other websites you could use to access Sensory Activities and ideas for your child:
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