Sensory Table ideas
compiled by MaryAnn Kohl
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Arctic Animals and Ice
For a unit on Arctic animals fill the table with water, add blue icebergs
(blue food coloring added to bowls of water, then freeze.) Add plastic
penguins, polar bears, etc.
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Grass and Bugs
grass with fake insects and animals. Give the children a magnifying glass
and let them search for the insects.
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beans and ABC pasta
I give each child a tray. They love looking for the letters and spelling
their names.
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Blocks and Marbles
Another sensory table activity they love is when we put in small different
shaped blocks and marbels. They build mazes and towers and roll the marbles
through them.
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Bubble wrap(large bubbles work best)
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Bugs in the Grass
I place green Easter grass in the sensory table, add plenty of plastic bugs,
snakes, butterflies, etc. The children love looking for the critters, and
then trying to identify them. Books about insects can be placed close by so
they can try to look up the bugs , and try to match them up with the ones in
the sensory table.
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Buried Gems
Buy a bag of fake gems (as can be sewn on clothing or used for fake stained
glass art projects) and bury them in your sand table. Students LOVE
shoveling & sifting through sand to discover these buried treasures.
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Buttons
We purchased two tubs of misc. buttons at a local craft shop and dumped them
into the water table with sorting trays and tweezers. The children had a
great time picking up the buttons with the tweezers and studying them. Some
of the buttons had a match so it became a challenge to find the matches.
Eventually, the activity became more complex when the children began sorting
and grouping the buttons into a variety of attribute groups using the
compartments of the sorting trays. Buttons in the water table turned into a
GREAT (and visually beautiful) multi-skill building activity!!!
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buttons
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Chem Lab
I set up a chemistry lab in my discovery table. I put baking soda, flour,
salt, vinegar, oil, red water, clue water and yellow water. I put these in
small containers with a 1/2 teaspoon in the flour and salt and eye droppers
in the others. I then gave each child a small baby food jar and a popsicle
stick for stirring. This was their test tubes. I encouraged them to
experiment by mixing different things and seeing what happens. They were
amazed when their solution started bubbling (baking soda and vinegar) and
when they somehow got green water when they had no green water to start
with. They rinsed their test tubes after each experiment. This was a GREAT
activity!!!
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chicken scratch
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Clean Mud:
For a different, fun, gooey feel, mix 1 roll white toilet paper, 1 bar
grated Dove Soap (grate with a cheese grater), and warm water (make the
water warm enough to melt the soap). Let the kids tear up the toilet paper
into small pieces. Put into big bowl or bin with grated soap.
Pour in water in small amounts while mixing paper and soap with hands.
Enough water has been added when the mixture is the consistency of thick
cool whip. The more you work it the softer it becomes!! You can save clean
mud in an airtight container. If it seems dry when you go to use it again
just add a little warm water and mix. I got this idea from an FCC monthly
handout given to Family Childcare Providers, while stationed at Fort Hood,
Texas. It's been a favorite ever since!!
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Colored ice Cubes
Prepare colored ice cubes using food coloring. Drop a few in the water
table. Children can watch the cubes melt. Extend this activity by combining
colors: blue and yellow for green; red and yellow for orange; blue and red
for purple. I've also started the day with colored water and added the
second color so the children can see the change. Alan Baker's book White
Rabbit's Color Book is a wonderful way to add literacy to this activity.
Read before or after their experience with the ice cubes. Should you be
lucky enough to have snow to put in the table, add ice colored ice cubes to
the snow so that children can compare melting time.
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Corn husking
In the fall, I purchase dried, unhusked corn from a local farmer or feed
corn from a farm supply store. When placed in our Discovery Table, our
preschoolers and kindergartners love to husk the corn and flick off the
kernels. Measuring cups, funnels, tubes, and spoons can also be added to the
table. We use the shelled corn in art projects or we take it to the local
park to feed the ducks.
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corn meal.
Put into a zip lock bag. Add a couple drops of food coloring. Shake, shake,
and shake some more. Spread out on cookie sheets to dry. Return it to the
zip lock bag for storage. (White corn meal works bestI also use it outside
for bubbles in the fall, and when the corn has been harvested by local
farmers or a child's family, I bring in some dried ears and the children
love to "peel" off the corn and use it in many ways. I just found an idea to
use the cobs and paint with them.
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Cornmeal
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Cornmeal
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Cornstarch
For REALLY messy fun, put cornstarch goo in your water table. You can buy a
5 lb bag of cornstarch at some of the wherehouse stores such as Price Club
or Sam's Club. Pour the cornstarch into your water table and add just enough
water so that it is not too dry or not too wet. A good test to see if it is
the right consistency is if you can form the cornstarch/water mixture into a
ball and then if it will "melt" in your hands. You can color the "goo" by
using Wilton's cake colors. This type of food coloring is very concentrated
and will make vibrant colors. One Halloween, we colored our goo black and
added plastic worms and plastic spiders. Lot's O Fun!!
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Cornstarch and Water
For an interesting experience. I mixed cornstarch with water. I feels really
weird and the children loved the experience. After it has settled them can
scrape it off of the bottom to play with it. I added a few drops of color
for a visual and some little funnels and small children's gardening tools to
scrape it up with.
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cornstarch foam packing foam
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cornstarch packing peanuts
then spray with colored water, As the peanuts get wet and start to dissolve
you get some squishy much.
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Cotton Balls
I filled it with cotton balls for (snowballs) in the month of January.
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Deer Corn
Try using deer corn in the sand table. It is available in 40 pound bags in
the fall (hunting season) and only costs about $4.00 per bag. One bag is
plenty. It is a great sensation to run your hands through it! I've done this
for the past 3 years with 4 yr. olds and kindergarten with no problems. Just
be sure to throw it out when you are done because it doesn't keep. I tried
saving it in a plastic tub the first year and guess what I found the next
fall? Weevils!
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Dino Village
I often make a dinosaur village in the sand table. Using a variety of the
dinosaur toys in addition to sticks, leaves, a few stones and "trees" (small
branches with leaves still attached.)
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Dino-Bones
My children love to dig for Dino bones in the sand table. I get large bones
from a local butcher, boil them, and paint them white. I then dust them with
baby powder when they are just about dry. As the children search for dino
bones, they use paint brushes to remove the dust and excavate like a real
archaeologist. Children also wear pre-made hats and gloves while digging and
hang a sign near the table displaying "Do Not Disturb, Archaeologist at
Work!"
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Dinosaur Bones
This is a fun sand table activity to enhance a unit on dinosaurs: Clean
chicken bones well, then soak for several hours in a household bleach
solution (I used 3/4 cup of bleach to 1 gallon of water and soaked the bones
overnight). After the bones have dried, hide them in the sand table. The
children then pretend to be paleontologists and really love finding the
miniature "dinosaur" bones. As a follow up, they can arrange them on a piece
of paper to form imaginary dinosaur skeletons.
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Dry Instant Mashed Potatoes
use dry instant mashed potatoes in my sensory table. After a few days I add
warm water just enough to wet the potato flakes- it can be made firm enough
to make balls or whatever they want to create. We also compare
consistencies,weight, and other properties after the water was added. The
kids truly "dig" the potato creations they make!
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Earth Week: Polluted Water
During Earth Week, we filled the water table with water and then had various
kinds of "pollution" for the children to add to the "lake" (coffee grounds,
cigarette butts, banana peels, apple core, pop can, egg shells, candy & gum
wrappers) Then we talked about how pollution affects people and animals that
might want to drink or swim in the lakes and rivers that are polluted.
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Easter Matching
Use Easter grass and colored Easter eggs and any small object that fits your
theme.Ex Magnetic letters plastic farm animals, milk lids with the child's
name in it. hide the small objects in the plastic eggs. Put the Easter grass
and eggs in the sensory table. The children try and find two of the same
object. Use different objects to fit the theme. animals names colors letters
numbers shapes etc.
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Elmeršs Glue
Pour Elmeršs school glue into your water table. Start adding liquid starch
to the glue, a little at a time, until it starts to become blubbery. Cold,
clammy fun! For even more "sensory fun", add rock salt to the mixture.
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Fall Leaves and Acorns
For fall, put leaves that have just begun to change color, and acorns.
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Feeding Pets
During our unit on pets, we fill the sensory table with dog food and stuffed
animals, dog food dishes, measuring devices, etc. The children love feeding
their "animals".
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fingerpaint
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fish tank pebbles
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Flax
One of the most delightful grains to have in your sensory area is flax. It
feels incredibly silky as it runs through your fingers and pours and runs
through funnels well. If you add water to it, it becomes gelatinous and very
slippery!
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flax seed
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flour (very messy but well worth it)
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Flower Petals
For a very pleasant sensory experience, add flower petals to your sand
table. Ask your local florist for discarded flowers. Pull the petals off and
place them in your sand table. The children can compare sizes, discuss
shapes, identify colors, smell, feel different textures,etc.
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Fossils in Ice
When discussing dino's or fossils with your reschooler's, you can try taking
a rectangular baking pan or 2 and filling it half way with water and small
plastic insects / bugs and freezing it. Later, when that half is completely
frozen, fill to the top with more water and insects and let it freeze. The
next day, take the ice and insect mixture out of the pan and into the
texture table. Give kids metal spoons to dig for the "fossils".I recommend
limiting the # of kids to 3, for safety. The children came up with some
other good ways to dig the "fossils" out also, like warm water over the top
of the ice.
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Frog Study
We have been learning about tadpoles, frogs and ponds. I put some real tree
limbs (logs) and some rubber frogs in the water table. Some of the frogs
have squeezers that croak and will blow bubbles if you put some soap in the
water. The children have been learning the song "Five Green and Speckled
Frogs", they love to line the frogs up on the logs and have them jump into
the "pool".
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Frozen Water Balloons
We froze water ballons in the freezer overnight. We took them out the next
day and tore off the balloon and discarded. We then added the ice balls to
the table.
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Gift Wrap
Fill your sensory table with old bows from your Christmas presents and
tissue paper from gift bags! You can even throw in some gift bags for the
children to stuff
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Gold Pieces
For St. Patrick's Day I dye rice green with food coloring and alcohol. Then
I spray paint lima beans gold and hide ten in the table and the children
hunt for the gold. They really enjoy this and they have to search for the
correct number of gold pieces.
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Goop
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Hay
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Hay and Farm animals
Place hay in sand table along with farm animals and magnifying glasses.
Discuss importance of hay with children as food, source of warmth and system
to keep barn clean.
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healthy bodies
I wanted something a little different for the water table. I took the tub
insert out of the frame and put it on the floor. The kids sat in chairs on
either side of the tub and played in the shaving cream in the tub with their
feet! Yes, we washed the feet both before and after getting into the tub. It
was very slippery, so no one was allowed to stand without the teacher's
help.
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ice blocks
(usually one week in winter, I add pipettes, food coloring, plastic knives,
and a pan of warm water and let them "sculpt")
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Ice Sculpture with Salt
Freeze water in different shape containers. When frozen take out the ice and
have the children ice sculpt using salt to have the ice stick together. You
can also color the water before freezing to make for more colorful
sculptures. It is also helpful to have gloves because the ice gets cold.
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Icecube Trays and Stuff to Sort
For fun in the water table, try putting ice cube trays and colored tops from
milk, juice or water bottles and have the kids pick them up with grabbers,
either tongs or "cutsey" grabbers from the toy store. Pick up and put the
lids into the trays for lots of good eye-hand, one-to-one, etc. Talk about
how many, how many needed, how many of each color, etc.
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Jello
Make up a box of Knox jello according to the directions on the box EXCEPT
omit 1/2 a cup of the water called for. You can also add food coloring. Pour
into a shallow container. Chill until set. When the jello is firm, pop it
out of the container and cut into cubes. Add the cubes to your sensory table
and have wiggly, jiggly fun!!!
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Jell-O
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Lawn
In the spring we filled the table with charcoal and potting soil then
planted grass seed! We put wooden blocks down for roads and after the grass
sprouted we added cars, trucks and farm animals. To end the project, we let
the children "mow the lawn" with scissors.
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Little Miss Muffet Oatmeal and Spiders
put dry oatmeal in the table during nursery rhymes, for Little Miss Muffet.
We sprinkled small spiders and spider rings into the oatmeal
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little things ( I love to by little tiny counter type objects from oriental
trading and fill the table with these)
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Magic Bottles
With water. Clean 1 liter soda bottles and the caps. With a drill (or awl),
make 3 small holes in the bottom of the bottle. Fill will water and cover.
When you unscrew the cap, the water comes out the bottle. When you tighten
the cap, the water stays in the bottle. For younger preschoolers, this is
almost MAGICAL and they will twist and untwist again and again which will
help their gross motor skills. For older children, this is a great way to
discuss air and pressure.
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Magnet Marbles
I put the magnet marbles in with cornmeal and the magnet wands. Then I lay
plexiglass ontop so they can maneuver the marbles with the wands from
underneath
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magnetic bingo chips and the magnetic wands.
We put in two or three colors of chips, they use their motor skills to try
and pick up only one color of chips. Sometimes we add plain plastic chips,
they learn why some chips will attach to the wand and why others do not.
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Magnetic Experience in Shredded Paper
I put shredded paper in the water table, and added magnetic items, and
magnet wands, the children can go on a treasue hunt for different items.
Make sure you give them a cup to place their finds in!
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Mardi Gras beads
put Mardi Gras beads into the table and then added scissors, bowls, and big
tweezers to pick up the different sized balls that were cut from the beads.
Some of the things I saw the kids do this week--measure lengths of the bead
strings, sort beads by size and color with the tweezers, and the scissors
provided wonderful eye-hand coordination with cutting the little strings in
between the beads!
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Matching Boxes and Objects
During December, I gather up as many different small gift boxes (jewelry and
cookie/snack sizes), both metal and cardboard. These are placed in the
Discovery Table. Our preschoolers and kindergartners enjoy matching the tops
and bottoms. They also enjoy hiding small objects in the boxes for friends
to find. An excellent activity for eye and hand coordination as well as
seriating
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Measuring Utensils
We did a unit on measuring. I collected and cleaned various shaped bottles,
salad dressing (8 oz.clear plastic), water bottles( clear plastic 12-16
oz.), and small soda bottles. I drew lines of different colors with
permanent markers on them 1 inch apart. The children were challenged to fill
the bottles only to the "red" line, or "blue" line then compare , which has
more? They played with those bottles for weeks at free play time.
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Native American Study
For a unit on Native Americans, use sand. Place vinyl canoes, wooden people,
and horses from the dollar shops. You can also place plastic trees, etc.
from fish tank supplies in there. Have an area with lincoln logs for
longhouses, teepees, and a small pond. Be sure to be authentic whenever
possible.
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nuts (I use only when we have no allergies)
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Oatmeal
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Outdoors, for water tables
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Pan for Gold
I take aquarium stones that are found at most pet shops. I take some of the
stones and spray paint them gold. The children have access to sifters or
beach toys that can sift sand. We usually let them "pan" for gold the first
day or so, then we give them large dice to roll for the number of gold
stones they need to pan for. Our class usually ties this unit in with our
cowboy theme, but it can be used at any time!
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Plaster of Paris
Children dig a hole in wet sand that is in the sand table ... They then add
small shells and rocks to the walls of the hole .... The teacher then pours
plaster of paris in the holes and let harden ... When it is taken out ... It
is a permanent sand "castle".
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Play Fishing
Cover the bottom of the sensory pan with aquarium rocks and fill it the rest
of the way with water. I then scatter small rubber fish (purchased at K-Mart
in the fishing department) in the water and let them use little fish nets
(from the pet store) to catch the fish and put them in buckets. This is a
great opportunity to work on sorting and counting as the kids fish!
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Play with Potting Plastic Flowers
During a lesson on flowers, we placed sand in the sand table and put plastic
flowers in the table. We also placed several pots and hand shoves in the
table. They were also provided spray bottles filled with water.
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pond life
we turned our water table into a "pond". We put rocks and sand in the bottom
and then filled with water. We then added plastic fish, frogs, and lizards.
Out of the plastic foam bought at a craft store, we cut lily pads to float
on top. Add a few fake plants and the children have a ball playing in the
pond.
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potting soil (add water on the last day and let them make mud!)
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Potting Soil and Earthworms
We've put fresh potting soil and live earthworms in our sensory table! It
takes roughly 25 lbs. of moist potting soil and two to three dozen
earthworms... the worms will last for two to three days. We also add small
bowls for the children to put the worms into. Some of the children get
squimish, and others grab fistfuls! Any leftover live worms can be placed in
an outdoor garden, and once the potting soil is dried out, it can be used
again for other purposes. (If you'd like to feed your earthworms, mix some
cornmeal into the soil.)
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Pudding
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pumpkin insides
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PVC Pipe Connection
My children became plumbers by connecting 1" pvc pipes together with
connectors then running water through. I had 2 ten foot lengths cut into 5"
lengths with the connectors the whole project cost $10.
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Rice
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rice (colored and uncolored)
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river rocks
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Rubber Fish in Water
Water-I added rubber fish found in the bait department of a store and then
added a couple of the small nets used to catch minnows. This is always a big
hit with in my preschool classroom. To make it more real you can always add
blue food coloring to the water
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Salts and Sifters
Mixing rock salt and table salt is a wonderful sensory experience! Add
sand-sifters to the table for added fun (Great for snow/winter themes)
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Sand
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Sand, colored
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Sawdust and Trucks
Put sawdust in the sensory table along with some cars and dumptrucks.
Children love to scoop up the sawdust and make hills!
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Scented extracts
add different scented extracts to the watertable. Butterscotch and
peppermint are the most aromatic. Your classroom also smells wonderful
during water play too. Add food coloring for even more sensory fun.
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Scented Water
water tub with watermelon scented shower gel
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scrap table
We save little scraps to add throughout the year (it's recycling too!)
including paper in all colors, feathers, pom poms, etc., along with scissors
both straight egde and silly edges, hole punchers, shape punchers, etc. for
them to try and experiment with
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Seashells and Ocean
Fill water table with water, seashells and other ocean finds. Then put in
real fish. Have the children put on real snorkeling masks and dunk their
mask only in the water. Their hair may get a little wet but they have a
great time snorkeling. Editors Note: Make sure that this activity is
supervised by an adult at all times.
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Seaweed
I like to put dried whole seaweed in our water table. I buy it from a
Japanese grocery store. Once wet, the seaweed feels like it never left the
ocean! Plus the water table smell like the ocean.
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Shampoo
We use tearless baby shampoo in our water table. Now, no one cries if a
little bubbles get in their eyes
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Shaving Cream
For a winter activity, we put shaving cream in our fluid table, add trucks
and plow those "snowy" roads. It's one of the children's favorites!
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Shells
In the sand table, Add a large jar of gold glitter, and sea shells. Your
Munchkins will think that they are at the beach, even in the middle of the
winter.
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shredded paper
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Softener Salt
My group loves it when I put water softener salt in the sensory table. They
love to feel the texture and hear the noise it makes. The salt can be
purchased grocery stores and club stores for around $3.00 a bag (the bags
are 40-50 pounds). I also incorporate science into this activity by adding
water so that the kids can see how water affects the salt, and watch it
become smaller as they play in it.
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Spaghetti
For a totally different sensation, try cooled, cooked spaghetti in the
sensory table. I took the tub out of the stand and placed in on the floor on
a rubber mat
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Spray Liquid Watercolors and Salt
We are having great fun with spray bottles filled with diluted liquid water
colors, and small trays of salt (Ithink rock salt will work too). As the
kids get more coordinated with the spray bottles (small to medium best), you
can add smaller pouring things like specimin bottles or clear plastic
measuring cups.
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Spring Break Planting
You have got to try this over Spring Break. On the last day before break,
fill the table with soil. Let the kids plant various bean seeds. Sprinkle
lots of various grass seeds over the top and barely cover. Water the seeds
and put a clear piece of plastic over the whole table. Put in a location
where it will get some sun light while you are gone or leave under a grow
light. When you come back, you will have a jungle. Put a bunch of animals in
there or anything else you can think of. The kids like to use scissors and
give the grass a hair cut. They can also pull clumps up and look at the root
systems. If you're brave you can put some real worms in there!
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Squeezing Toothpaste:
If you are planning a unit on teeth and ways to keep them healthy, try
putting tubes of toothpaste and various sized toothbrushes into your sensory
table. The children love to squeeze the toothpaste out and brush the table
with it. Be sure you like the smell of mint, because the room will become
quite pungent after a while.
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Squish Halloween Noodles
For a fun Halloween activity, fill your sensory bin half full with water.
Add black powdered tempera paint or mix food colouring together to turn the
water black. Fill the bottom with cooked spaghetti noodles. Let the kids
squish away!
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Styrofoam packing pieces
Use Styrofoam packing pieces. There are different kinds and shapes - the
more the better. Let them tear them or break them apart. Use scissors
another day. Add some water another day and watch them float. Have them use
tongs to move them from one side to another. They'll start sticking to
things because of the static too. Find a big appliance box and let them play
in the Styrofoam peanuts in the box. (I read this in several different
places so it's not my original idea).
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Styrofoam Peanuts and Plastic Flakes
A great tactile idea is styrofoam peanuts with plastic winter flakes mixed
in for a winter theme
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Styrofoam Sculpture
I put styrofoam chunks, golf tees and plastic hammers in our water/sand
table. The children loved this. They also enjoyed it with eye goggles and
tool belts.
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Supersand
equal parts cornmeal and coffee grounds. Feels wonderful and smells great,
too
thistle seed
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unpopped popcorn kernals
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Variety of things
We have used such a variety of things in our sensory table...almost anything
goes! Try beans, rice, sand, birdseed ... We even filled it with asst. nuts
for Christmas time (donated by a local food distributor), then used
nutcrackers to crack them open and had a tasting party. Shredded metallic
orange and black paper for Halloween with little spider rings to hunt for;
seashells for a beach theme; magnetic wands and assorted magnetic chips and
balls; small alphabet letters hidden in Styrofoam peanuts; macaroni/pasta;
etc.! The kids love to experiment with sorting and measuring and the
textures are great!
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Variety with Water:
soap (baby shampoo), food coloring, bath oils/beads, powder, etc. sand,
potting soil/dirt, popcorn (popped and unpopped) (unpopped can be noisy),
flour rice (dyed with food coloring), pasta (all types), flax, seed, chicken
scratch, walnut shells (crushed/uncrushed), egg shells, jello, coffee
grounds, styrofoam packing material (you can purchase this made from corn
starch and it's edible, great if you have an "eater") shaving cream, paint,
pine cones (check for allergies), leaves, pumpkin residue!! bird seed!! For
those things you can't find, look at your local farm supply store. They have
great things to offer!!!
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Wading Pool, Alternative Table
For a change of pace, substitute a child-sized swimming pool for your
sensory table!
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walnut shells
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Water
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Whipped Soap
add liquid dish detergent and then using an old fashioned egg beater with
the manual crank mix the waters and soap up. You may wash plastic toys
and/or baby dolls.
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craft sponges
water with die cut craft sponges ... use shapes, numbers or letters ... they
stick right to the side of the tub so the kids can make words, math problems
or patterns
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