Sensory Play

Frozen Animals invites children to use their senses and explore the sensation of the ‘cold’ item while also offering the opportunity to explore how to remove the items from the ice.

Shaving cream is an amazing, messy, sensory experience that uses all five senses of touch, sight, smell, sound and even taste (though tasting is not encouraged!).

Mud play provides an opportunity for children to connect with nature and their natural world through sensory and play-based learning. Children learn to problem solve, develop autonomy and manage risk.

Sensory activities are great for children of all ages! They allow children to learn and create in a safe, stimulating play environment. Children learn so much by playing with their surroundings.

This activity is simple, low cost, teaches mathematical and science concepts, like ratios and measurements, and is a messy play activity that is extremely popular.

The idea of a stress ball is to encourage children to focus on something other than what is making them anxious.

This is a fun activity that explores and develops many skills including cognitive, speech and language, and fine and gross motor. It also teaches children maths and science skills.

This activity provides sensory and exploratory play to encourage problem solving through experimentation and enquiry. It also promotes a natural curiosity towards creative learning.

Creating a recycling collage is an activity that can be enjoyed by many, and it invites children to use their senses to explore the sensation of the different textures, shapes and colours.

When children use moon sand they enhance their sensory skills, start to build on their language development, fine-tune their fine and gross motor skills, develop their imagination, and enjoy open-ended play.