Children’s Activity: Making Sensory Calming Bottles
Sensory Activities
Sensory activities have many benefits:
- They develop motor skills such as coordination
- They support language acquisition
- They encourage problem solving
- They build nerve connections and neural pathways
- They support cognitive development
- They benefit social connections
- They calm the central nervous system
What does it include?
Sensory activities can include:
- Playdough (plain, scented, coloured – find our recipe here)
- Sensory baskets
- Exploring malleable play (cornstarch, shaving foam, slime, ice, dried pasta…..)
- Sand play
- Water play
- Popping bubble wrap
- Finger painting
- Fidget toys
- Calming bottles
- Bubble tubes
- Sound tubes or rain makers
- Cloud dough
- Kinetic sand
Sensory Bottles
This week, we are sharing the steps to make your own sensory bottles. Just download our instruction sheet HERE
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