:: sensory play: rice ::

Similar to my post about refilling the bird feeder, I let my little guy play with rice. Children learn about the world through their senses, so I try to provide as many sensory experiences for them as possible. My preschool children love when their sand table has rice in it as well. It just pours so well, and it is great for digging little hands into.

Here is lil man in his typical set up:

Tipping a little over (or creating chaos out of order)(physics: gravity):

Digging hands in (you can tell it feels good by the little smile):

Experimenting to see if he can fit inside the bowl (he couldn't which angered him)(social/emotional)

The end!

:: BOOM! Following the interests of a toddler PART 2 ::

A colleague suggested that J try dropping objects on different surfaces (physics). I was going to wait a few days, but little man took it upon himself to continue the project.

He decided to take all of his BOOM! materials and throw them off the deck onto the concrete below (gravity):

Here are all the objects he gathered up and dropped:

He also learned that not all objects he found would fit in between the railings, which caused some frustration (spacial awareness/social-emotional):

That is, until he realized that now that his table is cleared off, it makes for great climbing (gross motor).

The end!