Sensory Play

Stirring up alphabet sensory soup

As a review of the letters and their sounds, the children stirred up some alphabet soup.

Gummy worm science

Yesterday, I shared with you how we used live worms to create a worm farm. Today, I’d like to tell you about our gummy worm science.

Measuring and creating with colored spaghetti

We continued our fun day of exploration by measuring colored spaghetti noodles.

Reading Jan Brett and making our own gingerbread playdough

Reading the wonderfully illustrated book “Gingerbread Friends” by Jan Brett and making the best smelling gingerbread playdough ever!

DIY eyeballs for our play dough spiders

Making spiders with our new DIY googly eyes for play dough!

The exploration of smell

Exploring our sense of smell through this engaging water transfer experience.

Squeezable and colorful water play

Exploring squeezable colored water play fun in preschool!

Play dough color surprise and play dough Ice cream cones

For our part of the play dough pledge, our class cooked up some play dough and then enjoyed a play dough colorful surprise!

Watermelon exploration in preschool

A wonderful day of discovery as we explored a real watermelon in prek!

Simple watermelon suncatchers

Having a little creative watermelon fun in the preschool classroom!

Everyday shave cream play

Exploring many wonderful sensory experiences through shave cream play including the addition of some water beads!

Exploring holes and sensory play

Exploring boxes with holes and a sensory play in preschool….

A duck, a goose, and an egg

Having fun with rubber ducks after reading the fun children’s book “Duck and Goose” by Tad Hills!

Seeded playdough sensory play

Playing with homemade seeded playdough as we continue our exploration of different types of seeds!

The wonders of bright and colorful gelatin

Exploring color, texture, water, and temperature through our play with gelatin squares in preschool!

Writing in salt

Building up prewriting skills through the use of salt trays in preschool!

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