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

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

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

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

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  9. 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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