Age: From 1.5 year old
Activity Duration: 5-10 minutes
Preparation Time: 3 minutes
Objective(s):
1. To stimulate and develop the 5 senses.
2. To introduce the opposite concept of hard and soft.
Materials:
1. 1 transparent storage box approx. 40 x 30 x 16cm
2. 20 pom poms or facial cotton approx.
3. 1 bag of pebbles
Directions:
1. Mix them in the box.
2. Let your child touch and feel the contrasting texture of the pebbles and pom poms without saying anything.
3. Then describe the feeling, the touch and the name of the sensation to your child, for example, stones are hard and pom poms are soft.
Cost:
Total cost: 35 DKK (8.40 SGD)
Pom poms: 20 DKK (4.80 SGD) including other materials in a hobby set jar
Bag of pebbles: 9 DKK (2.15 SGD) from IKEA
Storage box: 100 DKK (24 SGD) for 3 in Jysk
Additional Information:
J (2Y20D) tried this for the first time today. Not much wow factor from him though compared to pouring water activities, but he was learning the language of hard and soft from the feel of the items. I think it would have been more interesting for J, if I had introduced this to him when he was younger.
References:
http://nurturingnaters.blogspot.com/search?q=sensory
