Day 9: Sensory Tub PlayThis should be plenty of fun for all ages, depending on what goes into the tub!
You will need:
- a shallow cardboard box / plastic tub/ wide basket
- a range of dry, safe, sensory items to go inside
- cups/ spoons/ cardboard tubes/ egg cartons etc
Fill a container with your choice of sensory materials. Lay out some tools to explore it with such as cups, spoons and tubes. Introduce it to your child and play alongside them!
Enjoy at least 15 minutes of uninterrupted play time together! Don't forget to turn everything off!
In our box: dry pasta shapes (lots of different types), glass stones, coloured pom poms, stone pebbles, lots of varieties of dry beans.
Other suggestions:
- add: cotton balls, pipe cleaners, ping pong balls, rice, lentils, bark chippings, dry or silk leaves, twigs, corks, bottle tops, sequins, cotton reels, small scraps of material, small tree discs/ cookies.
- extend: See our Fairy Sensory Tub and Dinosaur Small World for more ideas and ways to extend the play.
- adapt: for younger children use larger items that will be safe e.g. duplo blocks
Please Note: I am not wanting to suggest food wastage here. However, if you know you will reuse the pasta/ beans for the foreseeable future (we have had some of ours over a year) then I feel it's fine for this purpose of playful investigation. Try and mix it up with non-food items and use it again!
[Please remember, this is just a play prompt. You are not being asked to replicate any of the ideas exactly from this 30 Day Challenge! We hope to spark an idea for an activity and give an opportunity to try something a bit different each day and the emphasis is very much on having relaxed, good fun and a really engaged play session.]
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Off to make one now... we still have lots of conkers and pine cones! Perfect!
ReplyDeletehttp://www.toddlertitbits.mumsinjersey.co.uk/2011/11/small-world-reptiles.html - I just posted about our reptile sensory tray we did a few weeks ago!
ReplyDeleteThis is one for George today. We're gonna play while Henry's at school (and then leave it out for him too!) -- I'll share what we do! Thanks for the play prompt Anna!
ReplyDeleteThe tubes are a great addition. I'm cheating a bit on this one as I already had a November tub in the works for the girls, but I think I'll try to come up with one specifically for Bug. I'm off to see what that might include now.
ReplyDeleteI found out about your challenge from my sister, and I'm so excited to get started! Is there a way for you to combine your challenge posts in one area so that I can come back and consult often? Thanks!
ReplyDeleteOh how perfect we just made a new sensory box!
ReplyDeleteWe actually never did this before, but Ewan had so much fun. He included his trains and the contents of the tub were perfect freight for the waggons. He played with it for 2,5 hours! Thanks for the great idea!
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Love it, Anna! You gals are doing such a great job with this series of challenges. kudos!
ReplyDeleteThanks for the fun challenges! You inspired me to change up our Halloween sensory bin to a fall theme and we had a blast playing together. http://whatsfuntoday.blogspot.com/2011/11/autumn-sensory-bin-play-challenge.html
ReplyDeleteWe had a fun time last night with this challenge.
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We made Princess Sensory tub inspired by your Fairy sensory tub! Thanks for the inspiration!
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This was a fantastic idea. We do this a lot, in many different ways, however, this prompted me to do something I have always wanted to try. So today, we had a "bath" in a bath tub FULL of cooked spaghetti. We started with the sensory explanation of how it feels before it's cooked, and we played with it for about an hour before we cooked it, and then my 2 year old daughter was so excited to jump right in up to her middle. She swam in it, threw it, ran her hands over it, and loved the feel of it. Thanks for encouraging me to do this!
ReplyDeleteI'm late in responding ... but I think the tubes are a great idea to add to the sensory table!
ReplyDeleteCotton ball fun
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