Sensory Toddler Activities - Find fun, sensory ideas at home

Activity Ideas for the Summer Holidays

Here are some simple ideas to keep children busy this Summer.

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May's Scavenger Hunt

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April Sound Hunt

Click here to download your free Sound Hunt to complete with your children.

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February's Scavenger Hunt

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Bird Watching

To celebrate the RSPB Big Garden Bird Watch we have made a bird spotter for you and your children to use in the garden.

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Scavenger Hunt (january)

Click here for a free scavenger hunt download.

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Snowman

A simple and wonderful sensory activity to encourage early Maths skills and develop the use of ‘interesting’ words.

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Christmas Biscuits

Lovely family activity to home make some edible Christmas presents

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Christmas Tree

This is a wonderful multi-sensory activity to build your own Christmas tree and practice using all that wonderful language in ‘Pick a Pine Tree.’

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Feeding the Emotion Monster

A wonderful sensory activity to encourage children and preschoolers to learn and talk about their emotions.

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Fireworks

A wonderful sensory rice activity to teach colours, shapes and develop an expressive vocabulary.

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Faces

This is a simple but powerful activity to teach children and toddlers to recognise their own and other people's emotions.

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Worry Box

A great activity to help your children share and ease their worries.

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Calming Tin

A simple activity to create a tin of happy things for your little ones to look at when they are worried.

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Tasting

This is a fun tasting sensory activity for toddlers and children to encourage fussy eaters to eat a wider variety of food.

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Growing Radishes

Radishes are easy to grow indoors or in the garden and because they grow quickly they will keep toddlers and children motivated by gardening.

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Slither Slowly Like a Snail

This sensory art activity using coloured rice for toddlers and children is lots of fun and encourages toddlers and children to learn more about a snail.

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Rock Pool Jelly

This sensory, small world rock pool activity encourages your child's sensory awareness, as well and their fine motor skills and language development.

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The Confused Playdough Monster

This playdough loose parts activity for children and toddler is a wonderful opportunity to discuss how our emotions can be sometimes all mixed up.

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Loose Parts Play - Playdough, Cars, Trucks and Freight

Read how to set up a simple playdouhg loose parts play for any vehicle loving child or toddler. This activity uses playdough, wooden blocks, wood slices and different vehicles.

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Sensory

These activities are a great way for your children to explore the world around them using their senses in a fun and engaging way