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17 May
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Every weekend I try to make a plan of activities for the coming week to start on Monday.
I start with the gauging what my child is interested in (using the “My Child This Week”sheet of the free weekly planner). I fill one out for each of my kids and what they’re into at the moment. I use this as my guide to plan our activities accordingly.
With each of my kids’ interests, I brainstorm 7 activities to do that week. I jot them down on the simple ‘Activities To Do This Week’ planner.
Below is a sample week of sensory activities.
Monday: Create a sensory bag with hair gel in a baggy. Add other small objects, such as googly eyes or sequins, if desired. Tape it to the window to explore in the sunlight.Supplies: gallon size baggy (2 to double bag it),hair gel,small craft items (nature, sequins, googly eyes),tape
Tuesday: Mix 2 cups flour with 2/3 cup oil to make cloud dough! Play with it like wet sand, mold it any way they like!Supplies: oil (baby, vegetable, etc),flour or cornflour
Wednesday: Have a water play day! Set out tubs of water with some scoops to transfer water back and forth. Add color to the water if you’d like.Supplies: tubs or buckets,water,food coloring (optional)
Thursday: Spread flour on a baking sheet to explore! Move the flour around or try writing and making lines.Supplies: flour,baking sheet or tray
Friday:Make sensory foam with dish soap and a little bit of water and food coloring in a food processor. Put on a tray to explore!Supplies:dish soap, water, food processor or blender, baking sheet or tray
Saturday: Go on a scavenger hunt around the yard to explore textures. Can you find something that’s bumpy?Supplies:bucket or basket (optional)
Sunday: Fill plastic jars 2/3 with water and some dish soap. Add food coloring and glitter! Seal the lid on with glue and shake, shake, shake! Supplies:large plastic jars with lids,dish soap,water,food coloring (optional),glitter (optional),super glue
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About Jamie Reimer
Jamie learned to be a hands on mom by creating activities, crafts and art projects for her three boys to do. Jamie needed the creative outlet that activities provided to get through the early years of parenting with a smile! Follow Jamie on Pinterest and Instagram!
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16 Comments
Stephanie Lotka says
Thank you for ideas, my reason for these ideas and the challenge is because i am a teacher. It gives my parents new ideas while at home.
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Jorine says
Thanks for your ideas. I am a grandmother of 5 grandchildren from ages of 8,4,3,2,and 1 month old. I would like to have fun learning activities for them.
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Silvia Scotti says
I am a special education teacher.
I love watching the reactions of my kids exploring sensory materials .
I will do many of these with my children.
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Marcia says
All these look like great, but I was wondering about your Tuesday make cloud dough. Using the recipe that you gave how much does that make. I mean does it make a lot for a lot of children or for just one child to play with.
Thanks
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Tabitha Lightfoot says
Hi Marcia! Great question – when we made it, it was enough for my two kids to play with. If you are making it for a lot of children, you will probably want to double or triple the recipe.
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Julie Beecroft says
My name is Julie, you asked why I signed up for this. I work as a para educator in a middle school for special needs kids. I am a one on one for Abi. Abi has seizures and we have seen a big decline in her learning this year. I signed up for some ideas to do with her. The OT therapist suggests put in tasks for her. I liked the child putting cheerios on sticks, what kind of sticks did you use? Thank you so much for your blog. Julie
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Tabitha Lightfoot says
Hi Julie! Uncooked spaghetti noodles work great for putting cheerios on!
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Brenda Lowe says
Great ideas with supplies we have. Thank you for sharing.
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Janice says
Thank you so much
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annette says
thank you so much for this page and these wonderful simple ideas. I truly appreciate it, and they are very fun, easy and age appropriate. The way you set up the information makes it very simple and not overwhelming, and easy to follow..
one correction. above you wrote
“Tuesday: Mix 2 cups flour with 2/3 cup oil to make cloud dough! “. 2/3 is an error, after making it, it was very gooey and after clinking on the link, i realized you meant a smaller amount.thanks for all the great activities!!!!
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Aspen Jay says
What fun ideas! I am always looking for things to do with my toddler and baby, they would love these! And what a great idea to schedule it out for the week so that you don’t have to think of it the day of. I need to start doing this!
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