Thursday, January 29, 2015

Multi-Sensory Exploration


This New Year we have been exploring with a variety of sensory activities. As the children are playing with sand, water, snow, shredded paper, and paints all of their senses are at work!
Their sensory development and exposing these infants and toddlers has so many benefits for children including improvements in fine motor development, critical and creative thinking skills, and the ability to focus.
Children are using their fingers as they process each sensation they begin to categorize and classify. Exposing them to lots of different textures supports his/her sense of touch. We have provided special play areas, indoors and out, for children as they explore the surrounding world.
These types of sensory activities are engaging and most importantly help children  interact with one another and work in groups which leads to miraculously long lasting friendships with peers.

















New Mexico Early Learning Guidelines met during these explorations:

Beginning to Know about Ourselves and Other

·        Infant/ toddler demonstrates an awareness of personal characteristics and abilities

·        Infant/ toddler uses beginning social skills with other children

Beginning to Communicate

·        Infant/ Toddler  responds to the message of another’s communication  

·        Infant/Toddler conveys a message to another person

Beginning to Build Concepts

·        Infant/toddler inquires about the world and experiences the properties of things

·        Infant toddler finds solutions and represents thoughts and feelings in creative ways

Approaches Toward Learning  

Infant/toddler demonstrates curiosity, initiative, persistence, imagination, and problem solving his or her everyday activities