Week 2, Day 9 March 26
Thursday already!? I am hoping everyone got my email about video meetings. If you'd like to chat, please let me know!
Here is some information that I thought was fantastic! I found it at a website called educationplaycare.
What is sensory play?
Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates your young child’s senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing.
Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage children to use scientific processes while they play, create, investigate and explore. The sensory activities allow children to refine their thresholds for different sensory information helping their brain to create stronger connections to process and respond to sensory information.
For example, initially a child may find it difficult to play appropriately with a peer when there are other things going on in the environment with conflicting noise. However, through sensory play exploring sounds and tasks a child learns to adapt to being able to block out the noise which is not important and focus on the play which is occurring with their peer.
Another example is a child who is particularly fussy with eating foods with a wet texture such as spaghetti, the use of sensory play can assist the child in touching, smelling and playing with the texture in an environment with little expectation.
As the child develops trust and understanding of this texture it helps build positive pathways in the brain to say it is safe to engage with this food. Sensory play literally helps shape what children believe to be positive and safe in the brain. Ultimately, shaping the choices children make and impacting behavior.
Here are 5 reasons why sensory play is beneficial:
Have your child dip their hands in glue and spread it on to a piece of construction paper. Then have them shake some salt (epsom salt works best) onto the paper. When it dries it has a really cool crystallizing look to it!
Fine Motor Activity: Practice ripping paper
Rip paper into different sizes and shapes. Then glue it on to a separate sheet to make a unique collage!
Gross Motor: Jump on paper plates. Spell out your child’s name (1 letter for every plate) or write 1 number on each plate up to 10. Then place the plates around the room and help them to go in order to spell their name or count to 10!
Mrs. Cosgrove's Morning Message:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=321&v=NqHg2-H_o4U&feature=emb_logo
Thursday already!? I am hoping everyone got my email about video meetings. If you'd like to chat, please let me know!
Here is some information that I thought was fantastic! I found it at a website called educationplaycare.
What is sensory play?
Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates your young child’s senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing.
Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage children to use scientific processes while they play, create, investigate and explore. The sensory activities allow children to refine their thresholds for different sensory information helping their brain to create stronger connections to process and respond to sensory information.
For example, initially a child may find it difficult to play appropriately with a peer when there are other things going on in the environment with conflicting noise. However, through sensory play exploring sounds and tasks a child learns to adapt to being able to block out the noise which is not important and focus on the play which is occurring with their peer.
Another example is a child who is particularly fussy with eating foods with a wet texture such as spaghetti, the use of sensory play can assist the child in touching, smelling and playing with the texture in an environment with little expectation.
As the child develops trust and understanding of this texture it helps build positive pathways in the brain to say it is safe to engage with this food. Sensory play literally helps shape what children believe to be positive and safe in the brain. Ultimately, shaping the choices children make and impacting behavior.
Here are 5 reasons why sensory play is beneficial:
- Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain’s pathways, which lead to the child’s ability to complete more complex learning tasks.
- Sensory play supports language development, cognitive growth, fine and gross motor skills, problem solving skills, and social interaction.
- This type of play aids in developing and enhancing memory
- Sensory play is great for calming an anxious or frustrated child
- This helps children learn sensory attributes (hot, cold, sticky, dry)
Have your child dip their hands in glue and spread it on to a piece of construction paper. Then have them shake some salt (epsom salt works best) onto the paper. When it dries it has a really cool crystallizing look to it!
Fine Motor Activity: Practice ripping paper
Rip paper into different sizes and shapes. Then glue it on to a separate sheet to make a unique collage!
Gross Motor: Jump on paper plates. Spell out your child’s name (1 letter for every plate) or write 1 number on each plate up to 10. Then place the plates around the room and help them to go in order to spell their name or count to 10!
Mrs. Cosgrove's Morning Message:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=321&v=NqHg2-H_o4U&feature=emb_logo