The June Sensory Make
and Take was a four week pre-registered program that provided parents
insight on how easy making child activities can be with things you most likely
have around home. No need to go and buy expensive toys!
Week One- No Bake
Jello Playdough
This playdough is made with Jello powder instead of cream of
tartar. It makes the most vibrant colours and smells so good you will want to
eat it…which may happen!
Recipe
3 – 3½ cups flour
½ cup salt
6 oz. jello in desired
flavor
3 tbsp. cooking oil
1 cup hot water
Glycerin (optional)
Steps:
1. Add 2½ - 3 cups of flour.
(start with 2½ cups and add
in rest as needed - it will depend on the texture you want)
2. Add ½ cup salt and jello
and mix well.
3. Add in oil and stir.
4. Mix in water & stir.
5. Let cool a bit before
kneading the dough.
6. Knead dough until
playdough forms.
Add flour as necessary when
kneading until you have your desired consistency.
Glycerin may also be added
while kneading to give it a little extra shine.
Week Two- Under the Sea
Sensory Bottles
Materials:
•
Clear
plastic bottle (ie. water or juice bottle)
•
Water
•
Blue
food coloring
•
Cooking
oil (ex. vegetable, sun seed, canola, etc.) or baby oil.
•
Small
seashells/stones, glitter, plastic fish/shells, sea themed beads, coarse sand,
etc.
•
Super
glue or duct tape
•
Alka
seltzer (optional)
Directions
•
Fill
1/3 of the bottle with water and the rest with oil.
•
Add
1 drop of blue food coloring and the small sea items.
•
Since
oil and water do not mix, the oil creates slow waves in the water when you turn
the bottle back and forth.
•
By adding
Alka Seltzer tablets, you can create a cool lava lamp effect.
•
The
cap can be secured with a hot glue gun to avoid any leaking.
Week
Three- Paint Chip Colour Books
Directions:
To
create these Colour Books we used several different colours of paint chip cards
picked up from a local paint store. We then wrote the colour at the top of each
card and added an assortment of stickers in the matching colour. For example: We wrote “orange” on the orange
paint chip card and added stickers of orange fruit, pumpkins, etc. You can add
as many stickers as you desire. BE CREATIVE! To make the individual cards into
a book, we punched a hole at the top of each card and used a ring to put them
all together. This is a great idea to help your child learn their colours with “colour
to word” association.
Week
Four- “I Spy” Bottles
Directions:
Begin
by colouring the desired amount of rice.
To colour rice add a tablespoon of vinegar and a few drops of food
colouring then mix and let dry. Before class, I made several batches of
different coloured rice so the rice would be dry and ready to use. At class we filled a clear plastic water bottle
with the rice (note: a clear plastic
Ziploc bag can be used instead).
We
then added these items into the bottle:
To
finish it off, use a glue gun to secure the lid or if using a Ziploc bag secure
by using packing tape along the top to ensure that it does not open.
I
printed off the pictures of the items which we then put on to construction
paper, punched a hole in the top and secured to the bottle with an elastic.
Eye spy bottles are
great for the long summer road trips you may have planned this summer!
Sad you missed this
program? No need to worry – another Sensory Make and Take program will be back
in August with some new and different ideas. Call Laura at Scott (306) 523-3512
to register.
Click
here to see
what else is happening at the Centres over the summer.
Laura Bieber
