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Sensory Play • Program

Hands-on exploration

Using our senses to explore scientific processes during playful learning.

Sensory Play

This program can include any activity that stimulates a child’s senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight and hearing. Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage children to use scientific processes while they play, create, investigate, and explore which can lead to longer attention spans and focus in addition to improving their coordination and motor skills.

January Sensory Play:

January 20 and 22: Straw rockets

  • Get ready to propel your DIY rocket into the air!

January 24: Galaxy in a jar

  • We’re not only adding to children’s vocabulary, we’re doing it in a glittery way.

January 27 and 29: Gravity and gravity mapping

  • Do things always drop in a straight line? This activity explores the topic with visuals.

January 31: Splat aliens

  • Aliens and water balloons come together in this fun sensory play activity.

 

 

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