Today, we are making green borax-free baking soda slime inspired by the approaching St. Patrick’s Day. Slime, besides being absolutely awesome to touch, is also an amazing science demonstration. We love hands-on learning, and…
Here is a fun and colorful sensory bin you can set up as a part of St Patrick’s Day inspired activities. I am using this serving tray, but you can use any deep dish…
This is a sensory play invitation to sort Arctic Animals according to their habitat. We are using this table and these white storage boxes to contain our sensory play. On the left, I set…
Today, we are making DIY red hydrogels and incorporating a science of magnetism into our sensory play. Use clear hydrogels (buy in bulk here) Add food coloring when you add water to hydrate and…
Small world play is extremely important to children as it shrinks the immense adult world to a manageable digestible "tray" where children can develop emotionally by exploring their imagination and re-enacting certain experiences, thus reflecting on feelings and life…
Today, we are setting up messy not-so-messy Halloween sensory baking tray. This invitation to explore will take you less than five minutes to set up and will cost only a few dollars. I will explain modifications…
Today, we are making Halloween slime, which was on my to-do list for a while now, and we are very excited to finally conduct this sensory learning experiment! Slime, besides being absolutely awesome to…
Children have been enjoying seeing all the colorful birds in our backyard, and today, we are doing the color matching activity by matching various 🐦birds (exotic and backyard) to the Montessori 🌈Color Tablets. Your child will…
In continuing our Anatomy unit study, we are making Oobleck "blood" and "blood cells" from air clay. Oobleck ~also known as "Goop" ~ is an inexpensive, non-toxic example of a non–Newtonian fluid which is a suspension of starch (e.g. cornstarch)…
We just returned from the Gulf of Mexico, and children are fascinated with all the seashells we have collected. So, we will be learning about seashells hands-on in our Beach Inspired Nature Study below.…