Kids: Sensory Activities
We're all about the feels with these sensory learning activities. From babies, to toddlers, preschool through elementary school, if your child learns kinesthetically, these sensory activities are just what you need. From Legos, bubbles, play dough and learning numbers with sand or salt, you are sure to find some ideas to inspire and encourage you.
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Play-Based Learning: Sorting Colorful Blocks by Color
Choose the colors you would like your kiddos to sort and lay out coordinating pieces of construction paper. You can use masking tape to tape them to a table top (like our well-loved kid’s table here) or to the floor, and then let your kids get started! You can also take this opportunity to teach your little kiddos more about counting and grouping. This is also a fun activity to take outside – My littles love any opportunity to head out in the sunshine, and so does this mama!
Kids Sensory Activity - Painting with Wet Chalk
This art activity is messy, but… well, most fun activities with children involve some amount of mess! Let me show you how to set up this painting activity with chalk, as well as some of my trial-and-error tips. It takes very minimal prep work. The first time I did this, I crushed up the chalk and then added the pieces to water – creating different colors of chalk paint. The next time, we did this activity, we do not do it this way! Ahhh! Crushing up all of the chalk created a lot of unnecessary mess and a little bit of frustration. I say “unnecessary” because truly, all you need to do is break off about a third of each stick of chalk and let it sit in the water.
Painting Seashells with Water - Minimal Mess!
Sure, your kids can paint seashells with paint - and that's fun! But maybe you're looking for a mess-free option...or I'll say "minimal mess". All you need to make this sensory activity happen is a tray of some kind, seashells, water in a small container, and a paintbrush. This is an activity that will surprisingly keep young kids busy for quite a while!
Cursive Handwriting Practice - Paint with Water
Try a small container of water and Q-tips – allowing your child to write with water on a piece of colorful construction paper. This option works really well in a classroom environment. Kids can practice manuscript or cursive words or letters - such a fun sensory activity for students of all ages!
Sensory-Friendly Spelling Word Practice Activity
No matter the spelling curriculum you’ve chosen, you can do sensory-friendly practice activities like this shaving cream writing activity. This is the perfect activity for engaging the senses while practicing spelling words! When I was a classroom teacher, I used activities like this often. My students loved writing in shaving cream, and this is an activity I’ve definitely used on repeat in our homeschooling life.
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Water Sensory Activity - Pouring Station
Water play activities have always been big hits in our house! This simple idea – a Pouring Station – is so versatile and easy to set up. This activity can be set up just about anywhere - using household items you probably already have on hand! This Sensory Activity is great for working on: - fine motor skills - hand-eye coordination - visual-spatial awareness - life skills (pouring skills, etc.) Perfect for my oldest daughter who has Down Syndrome!
Uppercase and Lowercase Handwriting Practice
Tracing with Water – Step by Step Instructions: Simply write a letter (or letters) using chalk on a chalkboard, and then demonstrate to your child how to “trace” over the letters using a wet paintbrush. Now let them try this fine motor activity on their own! As your child grows, they will be ready to do this same activity with sight words, C-V-C- words, spelling words, vocabulary terms, and more! This idea can be extended to reach learners in all kinds of ways as they grow!
