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Activity Ideas
Make your own quality Sensory Boards
Some Things to Consider:
Safety: Ideally your baby will play with these items independently, so make sure they won’t get
hurt doing so. If you include something that your child may pull on, like a handle or wheel, screw
it to the board or wall.
Versatility: I like to use industrial strength Velcro to attach as many things as possible so that I
can change them when my babies get board or if it doesn’t seem to be working well. I tend to
change up some of the items, like textiles, sensory bags, and colors, every 1.5 to 2 weeks.
Individualize: Your sensory board should be individualized based on what interests your little
one. Include their name, favorite colors, and things they like to play with around the house.
What You Need:
A board to mount items on (MDF Board, Dry Erase Board, Peg Board)
A way to adhere the items (screws, industrial strength Velcro, strong glue, handles to hang
things from-like a drawer pull)
Different items that engage one or more senses
Ideas for Items on Sensory Board:
Sight
Lights (battery operated push lights work great)
Mirror
Child’s name
Different colors
Different patterns
Letters
Numbers
Sight words
Touch
Different textiles and fabrics (ex. sequined fabric, felt, silk, wool)
Chains
Foam or wood letters or numbers
Sand paper (you can have one piece or a variety of different types of sand paper)
Puffy paint
Feathers
Ribbon
Pipe cleaners
Rope
Wheels
Hear
Bells
Chains to dangle and bang against board
Horns
Door stop (the kind that makes noise when you pull or push it)
Smell
Essential oils on cotton or cheese cloth
Cinnamon sticks
Other Ideas:
More Sensory Ideas
Smelling Memory Game
For this use 2 different coloured jars or similar one white bottle and one black bottle and fill them
with the following six scents:
cinnamon
tea tree oil
peppermint oil
lemon
vanilla extract
cumin
As you fill each pair of bottles, place matching colored stickers on the bottom to provide a way for your
children to check if they had matched the bottles correctly.
Place all of the bottles in a basket and invite your children to play. (Children who suffer from allergies
may have an impaired sense of smell at certain times of the year or at times of outbreaks of their
allergies)
The children can separate the white and black bottles, putting both into lines.
A child can select one black bottle to begin. Give it a good sniff!
When the child finds two bottles that he/she believes is a match, look at the bottom to check if the
stickers match…..
Yay a match!!!
Credits: All photos and activity ideas can found on Pinterest