Today I was up bright and early to make some resources ready for work. Today I decided to make some sensory bags. Now these are one of my favourite things to make as I love to experiment with the contents to really get the most out of the babies and children I work with. These even entertain my colleagues.
So I grabbed some press lock bags, zip lock are better if you can get them cheap enough. I popped one inside the other to lesson the likely hood of a tear with me working within a nursery. I put a cup of sand and a cup of water inside the inner bag. I removed what air I could, sealed and cello-taped for extra caution. Then closed the outer bag and taped it to a low work surface. I repeated this with hair gel instead of the sand and water and also did one with blue and white paint. The best thing about these are that children can explore activities that they may normally shy away from for fear of getting their hands sticky, dirty.
The children learn sensory, colour mixing, mark making, simple writing skills, textures and so on just from a couple of sandwich bags and your imagination for the contents!
Best to stay clear of pointy objects due to piercing.
I shall add pictures tomorrow to show you some examples.
So there you have a very simple but enjoyable activity from items you may have inside your home already!
