Sensory play is highly beneficial for children as it stimulates their senses (sight, smell, touch, taste, and hearing) and promotes cognitive, physical, and emotional development.
Some keys reasons for introducing sensory play into your house:
Enhances Brain Development: When children engage in activities that involve different textures, sounds, or colours, their brains process the information, strengthening their cognitive skills and overall brain development.
Supports Fine and Gross Motor Skills: Many sensory play activities require children to manipulate objects (e.g., squishing, pouring, squeezing, or stacking), which helps develop their fine motor skills.
Promotes Language and Communication
Sensory play encourages children to describe what they are experiencing, which enhances their vocabulary and language skills.
Encourages Creativity and Problem-Solving
Sensory activities often involve open-ended play, where there’s no single way to play or "right" answer. This fosters creativity as children invent games or solutions.
Regulates Emotions
Sensory play has a calming effect on children, helping them regulate their emotions and behaviors. Activities like playing with sand, water, or soft materials provide a soothing experience that can reduce stress or anxiety.
Encourages Exploration and Curiosity
Sensory play invites children to explore their environment and engage in hands-on learning.
Improves Focus and Attention
Sensory play requires children to concentrate on the activity, which can improve their attention span. Engaging in focused, hands-on activities helps children build the ability to stay engaged and pay attention to details, which is valuable in other areas of learning.
Supports Sensory Processing
Some children may have sensory processing difficulties. Sensory play allows them to practice processing different types of sensory input in a safe and controlled environment, helping them adapt to various sensory experiences.
Our bases can provide a starting point for endless hours of sensory play. From as simple as pouring from one cup to another or running it through their fingers, to pouring it into a tub or play tray and adding animals, people, vehicles, flowers, cooking utensils etc........ The possibilities are honestly endless.
What you need to know about our JAMABEN Sensory Bases:
Our Deluxe Ice Cream mix includes:
- clear clip lock lid tub
-2.5 cups of neopolitan coloured rice
-2.5 cups of neopolitan coloured chickpeas
- ice cream scoop (random colour)
- ice cream bowl and spoon (random colour)
- 3 randomly chosen Tara Treasures felt ice creams
Valued at $65
Our Sensory Bases are handmade with passion and love using a variety of rices, dried pasta, dried legumes and beans.
Everything we use to colour our bases is non toxic, either liquid watercolour and vinegar or premium acrylic paint.
Recommended age 3 years and over as small parts may pose as a choking hazard for children under 3 years of age. Supervision is recommended at all times.