Simple Sensory Play: Letter A Sensory Play

I enjoy any simple sensory play ideas and by simple sensory play, I mean 5 ingredients or less with minimal prep and clean up. Of course I can dream but it’s wonderful when I come across play ideas like that. And this all stemmed from my making avocado and banana muffins. I used applesauce in the recipe and since Kyle decided to get a larger jar of unsweetened applesauce, I started looking for ideas. I came across one from Still Playing School and thought- why not give that a try. You could also use this in conjunction with our Letter A post from our afterschooling series. This post makes use of affiliate links, by making a purchase you are helping me help my family Materials…

Simple Scarf Sensory Play

Squeaker has recently started getting into my clothes. More often than not, this involves taking them off of the shelves, looping one item (usually a t-shirt) around her neck/shoulder area and leaving the rest on the floor. Sometimes, she’ll try to put them on, though unless it’s something like a tank top, she won’t get very far. Then she discovered a scarf that I had recently been sent for another blogging post. And all bets were off. All I had to do was encourage her to explore and we had a morning filled with simple scarf sensory play. I wasn’t sure why this caught her interest so much, but it really did hold her attention for quite some time. At first, it was limited to…