Tuesday, 12 February 2013

Summer Sensory Tray


Our Summer sensory tray was extremely popular today. Partly because we are having an extreme heat wave at the moment and putting our hands in the blue water was nice and cool but more importantly it provided a huge variety of play opportunities. Children were pretending to be the tiny people swimming, lying under the umbrellas and playing in the sand. It provided a wonderful platform for language development.


Two trays were used to create the Summer scene. A drop of blue dye added to the water made a crystal clear ocean. Pebbles, shells, cocktail umbrellas and little felt towels were used to set the scene.

Before long the children had collected pebbles and sea creatures from the water trolley and incorporated them in the play scene. It was really great to see the children sharing the resources, listening to each other and putting up the cocktail umbrellas (this was a great fine motor skill!) 
*Before giving children the cocktail umbrellas snip the sharp point off.


Continuing the sea theme we added turtles to the playdough and let the children make prints with the turtles. We also provided a variety of materials to print patterns on their playdough turtles.


Happy Pancake Tuesday!!

9 comments:

  1. Unknown15 February 2013 at 03:00

    WOW you really made it look like the beach! What fun, thanks for sharing on We Made That!

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  2. Anonymous15 February 2013 at 18:06

    This looks soooo fun!!! I will have to try something similar :)

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  3. Rebecca English16 February 2013 at 01:22

    Oh this is really cute! It makes me yearn for sunny weather!

    Thanks for linking to The Sunday Showcase. I've pinned to our board.

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  4. Valley Chicks17 February 2013 at 18:20

    I love your site and just subscribed! Thank you for so many wonderful ideas or kids! almadenacorn.blogspot.com

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  5. Learn with Play at Home18 February 2013 at 16:49

    Thanks for linking up to Tuesday Tots. I've featured this activity today. You're welcome to see it here and grab a Tuesday Tots feature button if you like http://www.learnwithplayathome.com/2013/02/6-play-learn-activities-for-toddlers.html. Hope you link up again this week :)

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  6. HannahW19 February 2013 at 04:36

    I love this beach!!! I am pretty sure Bunny would too! Thanks for sharing with us at Eco-Kids Tuesday! Please join us again today! http://likemamalikedaughter.blogspot.com/2013/02/melt-my-heart-eco-kids-tuesday.html

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  7. Unknown30 April 2013 at 06:13

    Just popping over to let you know I've featured you at this week's Empty Your Archive party, Alice x

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  8. Shannon17 July 2013 at 07:10

    Great idea! Thanks for linking up at Artsy Play Wednesday!

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  9. Unknown21 July 2013 at 08:14

    This looks like a fun afternoon for the kids, and a mini version of paradise for the adults. Thank you for linking up to Mom's Library, I'll be featuring you this week on Crystal's Tiny Treasures.

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