 Sensory play, or activities that stimulate your child's senses, is crucial to brain development. It facilitates play, exploration, creativity, and curiosity. Sensory play also allows children to refine their thresholds for different sensory input, helping their brain create stronger connections to process and respond appropriately to sensory information. With summer fast approaching, here are 21 must-try sensory activities to keep your kiddo growing, engaged, and learning all summer long! TOUCH TASTE SMELL SIGHT HEARING VESTIBULAR: sense of body position in relation to gravity PROPRIOCEPTIVE: sense from muscles and joints about where our body is in space From day one, children are designed to explore the world by their senses, all 7 of them. Babies and toddlers touch everything and put things in their mouths, kids make funny noises with their mouths and experiment with how the world sounds with their fingers stuck in their ears. It's why your child spins in circles until they're so dizzy they fall, then get up and do it again. Sensory exploration is how they learn, retain information, and make sense of their world. So get outside, have fun, and open the door to lifetime learning and curiosity with these fun activities! Warmly, 
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6/25/2018 10:51:19 pm
I didn't know all of these can be planned also on a summer. For starters summer might have a vibe not everyone might like. There's too much crowded places because everyone seems to be out on the streets going somewhere. Even so, it's not enough to hide the fact that the town seems to bloom better during summer. I mean there might be more days where you have a chance to go on a hike because it's neither snowing or raining. I guess maybe that's what they meant when they talk about sensory indulgences. 7/12/2018 08:38:37 am
Wow! This is really useful. I would like to consider this on our next summer vacation. This is a big help for me because it is so hard to think of fun ideas during summer vacation. I hope that you will be able to share more of your creative ideas in here. I am so glad that I was able to see what you have blogged. I really appreciate it. I will continue to stay updated on your blog spot. Your comment will be posted after it is approved.
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