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A lot of parents are constantly searching for preschool and kindergarten activities that can help their child learn and develop their senses properly. Sensory activities through play are the way to maximize this area of development. It does so in an engaging and exciting way.
Sensory activities include many different types of play and can help children develop both physically and emotionally.
What is Sensory?
Sensory play spans a variety of different activities including sensory bottles, sensory bins and more. It can help a child’s brain make connections that they may otherwise not be able to make or not as quickly. Humans, including children, naturally use their senses to explore the world and the environment around them. We use sight, smell, taste, feeling and hearing to do this. Sensory play will activate one or more senses while children play. 
Benefits of Sensory Play
Sensory play has so many benefits that you may not even realize. Besides helping children understand their five senses, sensory play can also encourage cognitive growth and development. A child’s brain will bridge nerve connections to help strengthen cognition. Along the same lines, sensory play can help encourage and strengthen memory, language development and problem solving skills. 
Simple List Of Sensory Ideas
- Sensory Bottles
- Sensory Bins
- Playdough, cloud dough, etc.
- Mess Free Sensory Bags
Sensory Activity Ideas For Kids
These activities are all typically easy to set up for your children and can lead to hours of play. Imaginations will increase, children can pretend, you can help children learn a variety of different skills all while incorporating sensory as well! 
Sensory Bottles
- Dry Sensory Bottles: These are super simple to make and great for children of all ages, from babies to elementary age children.
- Mermaid Scale Sensory Bottle: If your children are into all things mermaids, this sensory bottle is not only a great theme but it is so pretty too!
- Easy Sparkly Sensory Bottle For Babies: Babies are attracted to all things shiny! This sensory bottle is sparkly enough to attract the eye of any child!
- Mini Liquid Sensory Bottle: Sensory bottles are typically created inside water bottles. This is easy to find and great for recycling, but water bottles are not the only option. This mini sensory bottle is great for little hands!
Sensory Bins
- Rainbow Sensory Bin: Whether you are planning for Spring, St. Patrick’s Day or for a rainbow loving child, this rainbow bin is super easy and colorful!
- Find & Color Printable Shape Activity: This is the perfect example of how sensory bins can help children learn other important skills too. This activity comes with a free printable recording sheet that in combination with the sensory bin will help children learn about shapes.
- Sweetheart Sensory Bin: This is a fabulous February themed sensory bin!
- Winter Wonderland Sensory Bin: Grab this idea for when it’s snowy outside!
- DIY Harvest Sensory Bin: Is it Fall? This sensory bin is perfect for that season!
- Ocean-Themed Water Sensory Bin: If your kids like playing in water, this is a great sensory bin. This can be played with both inside and outside!
- Garden Sensory Bin: This is a great way to introduce the concept of gardening to your children.
- Magnetic Letter Name Search: A sensory bin that can help with letter recognition and learning to spell names or other words. You can also use beads, in the same fashion, and add in fine motor skills like this Name Threading activity.
- Learn To Cook: A sensory bin that is perfect for children who love to cook!
- Muddy Truck Edible Sensory Bin: Not much makes kids more excited than messy play. This bin is even better because it is edible!
- Christmas Sensory Bin
- Cloud Dough Sensory Bin: Cloud dough can be played with on it’s own but in a bin is fun too.
- Easy Toddler Fall Sensory Bin
- Penguin Sorting Sensory Bin: Sorting is another skill that is important for toddlers and preschoolers to develop, this sensory bin can help!
- Rice Sensory Bins: Rice is a fabulous sensory bin filler. These are our favorite ways to use it!
- Fall Rice Sensory Bin
- Fizzy Flag Sensory Bin: Bring in science with your sensory activity with this patriotic bin.
- Farm Theme Literacy Tray: Help children practice ABCs with this fun farm theme activity.
- Snowy Sensory Activity: Bring the snow inside or bring sensory outside with this fun idea.
- Sensory ABC Activity
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Other Sensory Activity Ideas
- Sensory Dough For Kids: These sensory dough recipes will keep your kids playing for hours!
- Feel and Guess Sensory Box: Help children explore careers with this fun guessing activity.
- Chia Seed Sensory Bags: Chia Seeds can become super squishy. This is perfect for inside a bag for kids!
- Sensory Sticks: Combine fine motor skill strengthening and sensory together with these.
