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Sample Lessons
Sensory Activities: Introduction
General Points
to Remember about Presenting Sensory Activities
- Give the child opportunities to use
all the senses, not just sight and hearing.
- Include outdoor as well as indoor activities.
- In addition to presenting activities,
allow the child many opportunities to
explore on her/his own, without direction.
- Slow down and follow the child’s
lead.
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Summary of Sensory Activities for Toddlers
The following sensory activities give the two-year-old opportunities
to
- name, identify and match colors
- match objects by color and pattern
- identify objects by using the senses
- explore creativity
- become aware of growth processes
- become aware of what living things need to survive
- practice observing quietly
- experience and identify elements of nature.
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Extension 1
- To allow the child to experience a wide range
of insects and plants, vary the parts of the
outdoor area that you mark off each time you
do this activity.
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Extension 2
- After the child has finished the activity,
invite him/her to look at reference books in
the library and find pictures of insects or
plants seen outside.
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Extension 3
- Once the child has acquired experience and skill
at observing, draw a picture list of
six items the child has identified outside. Examples:
a daisy, a caterpillar, a bird, a
leaf, an ant and a stick. Invite the child to go outside
and find all the items on the
list. You could supply the child with six stickers
which she/he can put on the list
as each item is found. The goal is not to collect
the items, simply to look for and
find them.
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Extension 4
- Bring some outdoor objects inside, to give the child
further experience using a
magnifying glass. Prepare a work tray containing a
magnifying glass and an
interesting object from nature. Examples: piece of
tree stump; shell; piece of
driftwood; pine cone; bird’s nest; piece of coral.
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