Understanding the senses can be an interesting journey for kids. By feeling different sensations, your kids can experience life in its fullest form. It is best they do this in a safe, fun-filled environment. This is because some of the sensory experiences may be overwhelming and they may find themselves shocked or alarmed by sensations they aren’t aware of. With multiple sensory activities for pre-schoolers, young children can grow up and explore their bodies in an exciting way.
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25 Sensory Activities for Children
Here are sensory activities for kindergarteners and those in preschool that have been segregated based on each type of sense.
Take your child’s favourite book and go through it to understand the various characters shown in the pictures.
Write the names of them on a piece of paper.
Let your kid read the book and ask him to keep that piece of paper next to him. Whenever he spots an object or animal in the book, let him check the paper to see if it is present on it.
If it is there, ask him to circle it. Once all objects are circled, ask him which ones were not present.
3. Box Guessing
What You Need
Objects, small and large
Many boxes
How To Do
Use boxes right from large ones to small ones. You can take a jewellery box or a large box full of toys.
Show the objects to your kid and then hide them inside the boxes randomly.
Your kid needs to guess what object is inside the box. He will shake it, roll it, and listen to the sounds as well. You can also try listening activities for kids.
Ask him to also observe the box properly and guess what object might fit in it.
4. Drum Master
What You Need
A bunch of pans and bowls
Spoons and ladles
How To Do
Place the pans and bowls upside down on the floor.
Place the spoons and ladles before them.
Let your kid grab any ladle and bang it on the pan and bowl to create sounds.
You could create a series of sounds yourself and ask him to repeat the same sounds after you using another spoon.
Place the waffles before your kid and ask him to choose what essence he’d like it with.
Let him pick a colour of his choice and mix it with the essence.
Dip the brush in the solution and paint the waffle with it.
Watch him enjoy a coloured waffle of a different flavour and ask him to try something else.
4. Ice-Cream Contest
What You Need
Various flavours of ice cream
A spoon
How To Do
Blindfold your kid and keep all the flavours of ice cream before him.
Give him one flavour and ask him to name it.
Alternatively, give all the flavours in a particular order and ask him to name them in the right sequence.
The cold ice cream numbs the tongue and makes it difficult to taste it properly, adding to the fun.
5. Dark Dinner
What You Need
Your usual dinner
How To Do
Set up the dinner for everyone and turn off the lights before the kids come.
Sit him on the table and ask him to eat in the dark.
Let him name the vegetable he’s eating, the salads, and so on.
This will be a fun way for the entire family to participate.
Sensory activities for toddlers are extremely beneficial as they help in the overall development. Kids start understanding their own preferences because of it and notice things that they wouldn’t usually notice. Combining fun and learning always makes things twice as entertaining as they usually are.