Sensory Play!!!!

 

(photo courtesy of My Crazy Blessed Life)

 

For those of you who may not know, I am a school-based Occupational Therapist and Massage Therapist. I LOVE sensory play! There are so many great ideas out there! I have been incorporating lots off scented homemade play-doh into treatment sessions and the kids cannot get enough of it. Kayleigh LOVES her home-made play-doh too. We did gingerbread play-doh for Christmas time and her and my students loved to make snowmen, snakes, and letters with the dough. They said it smelled great and it adds another level to learning! Engaging as many senses as possible is fabulous for activating the many centers of the brain when learning something new.

Here are some play-doh recipes and sensory bins! I have also included links to moon dough, slime, and mind/stress relief jars that are great for calming kids down. The website Growing a Jeweled Rose has amazing ideas for sensory bins, play doh and other crafts and educational ideas. Fun at Home with the Kids is another website full of great ideas!

Aromatherapy Play Doh
Gingerbread Play Doh
Lavender Play Doh
Peppermint Play Doh
Lemon Play Doh
White Sparkly Snow Play Doh
Strawberry Play Doh
Chocolate Play Doh

Snow Slime
Golden Slime

Moon Dough
Lavender Moon Dough
Snow Dough
Cloud Dough
Moldable Sand Dough


Mind Jar Recipes

Here is a great Mind Jar Printable that you can attach to the jar. What a great idea! Cannot wait to make mine!

Recipe from Here We Are Together
Calming Down Jar from Family Sponge
Fairy Light Jar
Hush Bottles from In Lieu of Preschool 
Kids Crafts Sensory Bottles- tons of ideas here!
Untrained Housewife
My Crazy Blessed Life- this one is really pearlescent and shimmery! It is by far my favorite recipe for a Calming Jar out there! So pretty!