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FEELIE BOX
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Cut a hole large enough for a child’s hand out of one end of a shoebox. |
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Place an object inside of the box and put the lid on. |
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Have the child put his or her hand through the hole in the box, feel the object and try to guess what it is. |
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After the child guesses correctly, put a new item in the box and let another child have a turn. |
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FEELIE SQUARES
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Cut two squares out of each of several different textured fabrics. |
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Use such fabrics as silk, flannel, lace, corduroy, terry cloth and fake fur. |
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Set out the squares. |
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Blindfold one child at a time and have him or her try to find the matching squares by touch. |
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HARD & SOFT BOX
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Fill a box with a variety of hard and soft objects. |
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Use such hard objects as a block, a marble, a coin, a crayon, an empty spool and a rock. |
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Use such soft objects as a cotton ball, a piece of fabric, a sponge, a piece of play dough and a stuffed animal. |
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Have the children empty the objects out on the floor or a table. |
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Then let them sort the items into two piles. |
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LISTENING GAME
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Collect eight small opaque plastic bottles with lids. |
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Fill two bottles with beans, two with rice, two with salt and two with flour. |
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Tape on the lids and mix up the bottles. |
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Let the children shake the bottles to find the matching sounds. |
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LISTENING STORY GAME
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Give each child a color. |
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Then tell a story filled with color references. |
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When a child hears his color mentioned in the story, he raises his hand. |
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SNIFFING JARS
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You will need six small jars, six cotton balls and three fragrances such as perfume, onion juice and lemon juice. |
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Put each fragrance on two of the cotton balls. |
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Then place a cotton ball in each of the jars. |
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Mix up the jars. |
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Let the children sniff all of the jars and try to find the ones with the matching scents. |
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TASTE TESTS
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Blindfold your children one at a time and give them a taste test. |
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You could give them two small drinks and ask which one is the sweetest, or which one is the most sour. |
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You could also give them two chips or crackers and ask which one is the plain one and which one is the cheese flavored one.
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| MORE SENSORY ACTIVITIES - Go to Sensory Exploration at the Toddler Station. |
