Sensory Play Friday: Baby Oil

Ever since we made the cloud dough, Lyla has been asking to play with the baby oil.  Today I agreed to her request. I gave her just under half a bottle of baby oil.  (I do recommend that you either have old clothes on or use an apron.)

Sensory Play Friday: Baby Oil

Part of the enjoyment was having the independence to pour the oil herself and deciding how much oil she wants. (She did not pour it all at once, but did eventually use all of it. ) Oh my goodness!! She was delighted.

Sensory Play Friday: Baby Oil

She rubbed her hands in the oil, rubbed the tray and eventually even dipped her nose into it. It was her best sensory experience and it was initiated by her own interests.

Sensory Play Friday: Baby Oil
Sensory Play Friday: Baby Oil

An important lesson for me, is to remember to follow HER interests. It leads to the highest level of interest, learning and exploration. When she is done, it leads to the greatest personal satisfaction for her.

Sensory Play Friday: Baby Oil


Sensory Play Friday: Exploring Rice.

Today I filled the tray with uncooked rice. I know you are thinking that this does not sound very adventurous, but it was perfect.  Lyla is reaching the age now where she is slowly growing out of pure sensory exploration, the 'what is this?' stage.  She is now moving into the 'what can I DO with this?' stage.

Sensory Play Friday: Rice Exploration

What is essential for this activity to be stimulating is: a few different sized containers, containers with spouts like jugs, spoons, jars with lids, narrow mouthed containers, funnels and spoons.

Sensory Play Friday: Rice Exploration

Lyla enjoyed filling the containers with the spoon.  This activity is especially great for developing motor skills.

Sensory Play Friday: Rice Exploration

She loved pouring from one container to another.

Sensory Play Friday: Rice Exploration

She also ate large amounts of uncooked rice. (Please excuse the red ink on her fingers and face, left over from the previous activity this morning).

Sensory Play Friday: Rice Exploration

Lyla is 2 years and 4 months old. I think, for her, this activity was very interesting. She remained engaged and busy for a long period of time, completely absorbed in what she was doing.  This is definitely an activity that I highly recommend.

Sensory Play Friday: Rice Exploration

Sensory Play: A Holiday Round -Up

Firstly, I have to apologise for the fact that this post did not go out on Friday. I was away and unfortunately, I had very weak/erratic internet service.

Last week was school holidays which meant that I had all 4 of my children home with me. I love it!       

It does mean, that my photos are a little busier than usual.  We were just so busy doing so many different things for different interests on each day. So I decided that the post needs to be a 'round-up' of what we did.

Sensory Play

We played with water and paint brushes... the best kind of mark making. Large and satisfying, when the walls and floors are your canvas.

Sensory Play
Sensory Play

We added shells to the water too. They are fun to wash.

Sensory Play

The children remembered an almost forgotten resource, tiny little Teifoc bricks. These are mini real bricks. They can be re used after  washing away the special 'cement'.

Playing with Teifoc bricks
Playing with Teifoc bricks

On Friday we used shop bought modelling dough and loose parts. The loose parts included lolly sticks, craft match sticks, buttons and googly eyes.

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Taking a moment in time: sensory play

Little Miss 4 was totally absorbed in this activity.  She made a number of little creatures. ( Even though the dough was too crumbly and not very satisfying).

Taking a moment in time: sensory play

Little Miss 2 on the other hand preferred exploring with the loose parts.

Taking a moment in time: sensory play

She spent a while trying to line up the googly eyes.

Taking a moment in time: sensory play

This activity was great for small motor development.

Thank you for stopping by. See you all for more sensory play on Friday.

Bye x