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    Sensory Activities

    Sensory play is important to for brain development, and motor skills. These screen-free activities offer tactile play opportunities that foster curiosity, problem solving, and executive function skills.

    • Child in orange shirt with hands in shaving cream on sensory tray
      Shaving Cream Sensory Play Idea: Car Wash
    • Mini sensory bin play for kids
      Mini Sensory Bin Play for Quick, Screen-Free Fun
    • Child playing with cars in tray of rice
      Sensory Tray Ideas with Toy Cars, Trucks and Trains
    • Child looking for letters in alphabet sensory bin
      Alphabet Sensory Bin for Playful Learning
    • Collage of photos of child playing with snow indoors at a table with kitchen items
      Indoor Winter Activity for Kids: Play with Snow Inside
    • Yellow toy car stuck in the snow
      Indoor Snow Play: A Winter Sensory Activity for Kids
    • Katy and the Big Snow book sitting in front of large yellow town map.
      Katy and the Big Snow Activity: Sensory Play
    • Superhero action figure sitting in orange slime dripping off table.
      I Survived Making Slime, One Kid Touched It, and No Superheroes Were Injured
    • Child's hands holding seashells.
      Shell Activities for Kids
    • Child playing with cars and making a mess on the floor with a tray of millet
      Why I Let My Kids Make Big Giant Messes
    • Child's hand moving yellow toy digger through a layer of beans in a large glass baking dish.
      Toy Digger Play: Dig and Scoop

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