The first is something I have done in all my classrooms and have been waiting to do with C until she was a bit older. She has had some sensory boxes before but I wanted to do something small so she could work on her fine motor - you know outside of picking up every tiny crumb and furball on the floor ;)
I have been doing a color a week for the past few weeks and using a basket in her playroom to hold a bunch of the same color toys, this week is yellow so I decided to dye the rice yellow and add a lemon scent with some essential oil
She was pretty interested in it and I had to say "not for the mouth" 23528782342 times but she got the hang of it. Her favorite was hiding toys in the rice then finding them. It is definitely a close supervision activity but she loved using her pincer to grab a single grain of rice and we ever put her feet in it which she thought was HILARIOUS
Next up we made a DIY light table, once again this is a staple in all of my classrooms and is great in exploring light/dark, shadows, colors and as she gets older adding another element to her artwork. As usual pinterst didnt let me down with a easy cheap DIY version of what is usually a very expensive piece.
Ready? grab some Christmas lights, grab a large long rubbermaid container, tape some tracing paper to the underside of the lid and BOOM - DONE!
She has crawled right to the table every time we go in the playroom so I would say its a hit!
xoxo
Ashlea
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