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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.

February 10 and 12: Sculpting

  • We’re releasing our creativity through simple movements: molding, shaping, and squeezing – to name a few.

February 17 and 19: We All Scream for Ice Cream

  • This textural project will look (but not taste) like ice cream!

February 21: Germ Spreading

  • Germs will flee and children will understand why after completing this sensory discovery.

February 24 and 26: Shadow Screenwriting

  • Let’s unlock the secret of shapes, sizes and dimensions as we sharpen our spatial senses.

February 28: Flower Arranging

  • Planting and flower arranging can foster a sense of self-identity, boost independence and aid in concentration.

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AM 0 Students 32 Students 25 Students 264 Students 80 Students 0 Students 0 Students
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