Sensory Play

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Spiced Salt Dough Decorations

Create colorful salt dough decorations filled with the spices of autumn!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Creative expression
  • Early chemistry
  • Fine motor skills
  • Measurement

Icy Monster Hands

This not-too-spooky, icy sensory activity is a “cool” way to explore temperature, texture, and changing states of matter.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Changes in states of matter
  • Experimentation
  • Sensory development
  • Vocabulary

No-Cook Playdough

This no-cook playdough recipe doesn’t require cooking over heat, so it’s perfect for children of all ages.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Measurement
  • Physical change
  • Fine motor skills
  • Problem solving

Cornstarch and Dish Soap Slime

Create stretchy, squishy, and bouncy slime using two common ingredients.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Measurement
  • Problem solving 
  • Experimentation
  • Language development

Rainbow Gelatin Experiment

This colorful gelatin experiment makes for hours of creative, messy fun that supports children’s developing motor skills.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Changes in states of matter
  • Language development
  • Comparison
  • Sensory exploration

Infant/Toddler Activity: Painting and Playing with Water

Water play helps young children build their gross and fine motor skills, coordination, and physical development. 

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Cause & effect
  • Motor skills 
  • Early science 
  • Language development

Rainbow Sensory Bag

Create a sensory bag with your child to help boost their tactile awareness and learn vocabulary to describe how things feel.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Sensory learning
  • Fine motor skills
  • Color mixing 
  • Early science

Super Squishy Playdough

This recipe is for Habitot Art Studio’s classic, super-squishy playdough!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Sensory development  
  • Chemical change 
  • Measurement
  • Collaboration with adults

Pumpkin Bread

Mix up delicious pumpkin bread with your little one. Baking is a fun way for your child to practice motor skills like measuring, scooping, and mixing.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building 
  • Measurement 
  • Collaboration 
  • Chemical changes
  • Following a recipe

Autumn Sensory Bin

Gather interesting natural materials from nature and home to create an autumnal sensory bin.

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Sensory development
  • Conservation of volume
  • Descriptive vocabulary
  • Experimentation

Shaving Cream Winter Art

Open-ended play with shaving cream can be a learning activity all by itself, and it can be used to make wintery art!

What we’re learning & skills we’re building
  • Early chemistry
  • Creativity
  • Color mixing
  • Sensory development