Over the past couple of weeks, our group has been quite eager about exploring our senses through play and simple activities!
First, we explored our sense of touch when we discovered that when you take soapy water and mix it really well, the result is a frothy mixture that is unique in texture and is fun to play with.
Everybody gets a turn to try, as the children explore their sense of touch by squeezing the mixture.
Everybody is so excited to feel the texture of the mixture...
...and when it's time to clean up, they still want to play!
The following week, one of our teachers made rain sticks, each covered in a different material, so we could explore our senses of touch and sound simultaneously!
The children found many ways to play with the rain sticks, including: setting them up and knocking them down, tilting them, rolling them on the ground and shaking them!
Three sticks, one tinfoil, one felt, one duct tape.
Knocking the sticks down makes a loud noise!
Tilting the sticks makes a "rain" noise!
We find new, creative ways to use our toys every day!
Later this week, we also made "flavored" finger paints out of kool aid and cornstarch! This allowed to the children to not only explore their sense of smell, taste (although many did not enjoy this kind of taste.) and touch, but hearing as well when we squished the paints between our fingers it made a pretty interesting crackling noise.
Just before making them, we thought, why not have others join in the fun? So we had a couple preschool children from another program help us out in making the paints!
Adding water to the cornstarch thickens the mixture!
We stir the water and cornstarch together.
Then we add kool aid for color and scent!
The finished product, 4 different textures of paint!
Our children can explore many senses at a time!
Mixing the colors will make new ones!
Some did not want to paint, but had other uses for our creation!
Our hands always find a way to get messy!
That same night, we cooled our paints in the fridge so they would harden. We placed them in bags so our children could focus on their sense of touch and their creativity. We couldn't wait to see the ideas they would come up with.
We shook the bags!
Squeezed the goo in our hands!
Pressed it against ourselves to feel the cold temperature!
Used it as a hat!
Felt the cold on our bare feet!
And just kneaded it around to feel all of the different textures!
All in all, it's been a blast these last couple of weeks exploring each of our senses and watching the children come up with all kinds of ideas and ways to play!
-Mr.Freeman
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