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Creative activities using touch with young children
1. Felt Storytelling: Have children create a felt board with characters and props. Then, have them create a story together by moving the pieces around on the board.
2. Tactile Art: Have children create art using their hands and different materials like sand, rice, and cotton to explore different textures.
3. Touch and Feel Sensory Bags: Place a variety of objects into a large ziplock bag and have children explore the items by feeling through the bag.
4. Texture Collage: Give children a variety of materials with different textures such as cotton balls, sandpaper, and fabric. Have them use these materials to create a collage.
5. String Art: Provide children with a large piece of paper and some yarn. Have them use the yarn to make shapes and designs on the paper.
6. Clay Sculpting: Give children some modeling clay and have them use their fingers to shape and create sculptures.
7. Finger Painting: Use washable finger paints to allow children to explore colors and textures by painting with their fingers.
8. Foil Art: Have children use aluminum foil to create shapes and figures. They can also use other materials such as beads, straws, or paper to add texture and dimension.
Creative activities using taste with young children
2. Taste Painting: Provide a variety of different colored foods like blueberries, strawberries, and kiwi. Give each child a plate and let them create a masterpiece by arranging the different colored foods.
3. Taste Sensory Bags: Provide each child with a zip-lock bag and let them fill it with different textured foods like noodles, rice, beans, and crackers. Have the children feel the different foods and discuss the different textures.
4. Taste Scavenger Hunt: Hide small pieces of different foods around the room. Have the children search for the pieces of food and then describe the taste once they find it.
5. Taste Matching: Provide each child with a plate of different foods and have them match the foods that have the same taste. Talk about how different foods can have the same flavor even though they look different.
Creative activities using tactile experiences with young children
1. Finger Painting: Provide non-toxic, washable paints and encourage children to explore the color, texture, and feel of the paint on their fingertips.
2. Sand Art: Give children a variety of colors of craft sand and let them explore the different textures and colors by pouring and mixing them.
3. Bubble Wrap Stomp: Place a large sheet of bubble wrap on the floor and let the children walk, jump, and stomp on it. This activity is a great way to help children learn about cause and effect.
4. Play Dough: Provide children with a variety of colors of play dough and let them explore the different textures and colors.
5. Finger Knitting: Give children some yarn and allow them to “knit” with their fingers. This is a great way to help build fine motor skills.
6. Sensory Bins: Create a sensory bin filled with a variety of materials such as rice, beans, sand, and water. Allow the children to explore and scoop, pour, and mix the materials.
7. Water Table: Fill a shallow container with water and provide children with a variety of items such as sponges, droppers, and cups to explore.
Creative activities using sensory sound experiences with young children
1. Musical Egg Shakers: Gather a variety of materials like plastic Easter eggs, dried beans, beads, or coins. Let children explore the different sounds they make when they shake them. Have children try shaking them to a beat or a song.
2. Drumming: Provide children with a variety of drums and let them explore the different sounds they make. Encourage them to develop their own beats and songs.
3. Singing Games: Sing classic songs like “If You’re Happy and You Know It” or “The Wheels on the Bus.” Allow children to make up their own words or motions to the song.
4. Listening Games: Give children a blindfold and have them move around to the sound of music or a bell. See if they can identify different instruments or sounds.
5. Nature Sounds: Go on a nature walk with children and encourage them to listen for different sounds like birds, bugs, and the wind. Ask them to close their eyes and see if they can identify the different sounds.
Creative activities using sensory movement experiences
1. Color Hop: Fill a large space with different colored circles and have the children jump from one color to another.
2. Musical Steps: Place different objects or shapes in a line and have the children step on each one while listening to music.
3. Texture Walk: Place different textured objects such as bubble wrap, carpet, sponges, sandpaper, etc. on the floor and have the children walk across them.
4. Balance Beam: Use a thick rope or tape to create a balance beam and have the children walk across it.
5. Push & Pull: Put a large object such as a beach ball in the center of a room and have the children push and pull it around.
6. Bubble Wrap Stomp: Put bubble wrap on the floor and have the children stomp on it.
7. Balloon Toss: Have the children toss balloons back and forth to each other.
8. Bean Bag Toss: Have the children toss bean bags into a target.
Creative activities using sensory light experiences with young children
1. Colorful Art: Provide children with a variety of materials and let them explore the effects of light on different colors. Have them create art projects that explore the various colors of light.
2. Sensory Light Box: Create a sensory light box using a variety of colored lights and materials. Have the children explore the different effects of light on the materials.
3. Light Show: Provide children with a variety of different colored lights. Have them create a light show with different effects and colors.
4. Shadow Puppetry: Create a puppet theater using a light source and a shadow screen. Have the children create their own stories and act them out with the shadow puppets.
5. Light Painting: Provide children with a light source and a dark background. Have them use the light source to create light paintings on the background.
6. Glow-in-the-Dark Objects: Provide children with glow-in-the-dark objects and a light source. Have them explore the effects of the light on the objects.
9. Parachute Play: Have the children hold the edges of a parachute and move it up and down.
10. Animal Walk: Have the children crawl, hop, or slither around like different animals.
Creative activities using sensory smell experiences with young children
1. Create Scented Playdough – Create a playdough experience with smells like vanilla or lavender.
2. Make a Sensory Bottle – Fill a bottle with different items and add a few drops of scented oils like lavender or peppermint.
3. Smelling Mat – Create a mat with different scents like cinnamon or rosemary.
4. Scratch and Sniff Cards – Create cards with different scents and let the children scratch and sniff them.
5. Scented Markers – Give the children scented markers to draw with.
6. Scented Paint – Let the children paint with scented paint like lemon or strawberry.
7. Smelling Game – Create a game where the children have to guess the scent of different items.
8. Aromatic Art – Give the children an art project with different scented items like spices or herbs.
9. Scented Jars – Let the children explore different scents by placing them in jars.
10. Scented Sand – Create a sensory experience with scented sand.