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Snowflake Sensory Bag

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:  ​

Snowflake Sensory Bag
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Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed

Age Group:

Young Infants

* Lesson plan objective and assessment can be adapted to use this activity with mobile infants or toddlers.

Objectives:  

Children will:

• increase sensory motor skill.
• practice fine motor skills.

CDA Competency Standard:   

I.3.2b

• Developmentally appropriate materials are available
  • ​​​b) A variety of materials are provided for children to explore

Snowflake Sensory Bag

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Materials: 

• Ziplock bag
• hair gel
• blue food coloring
• foam
• scissors
• duct tape

Procedure: 

• Prepare for activity by creating the sensory bag.
  
• Squeeze about a cup of clear hair gel into the empty bag.
  
• Add a few drops of blue food coloring.
  
• Cut the foam into snowflake shapes and add them to bag as well.
  
• Seal the bag and secure with duct tape around all sides.
  
• Squish the bag so that the food coloring gets spread around.
  
• Give the finished sensory bag to the children to explore.

Caution:  
​This sensory bag should be provided with supervision. Do not place the bag in a crib, or playpen.  
​Check the back for tears, or leaks each time before allowing the children to touch the bag. Don't allow the children to bite the bag.

Assessment: 

• Observe and record the children’s reaction to the sensory bag. Did they seem interested in the snowflakes? How are their fine motor skills developing? Are they able to move the snowflakes around? 

Note: Please provide appropriate supervision to the children in your care when completing all activities. You will need to decide what types of activities are safe for the children in your care. Appropriate and reasonable caution should be used when providing art and sensory experiences for children. Infants require special caution, only use non-toxic materials, and do not allow infants to put things in their mouths that are a choking hazard. ​​

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Benefits of Sensory Play

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Even before children can speak, they are developing an understanding of things in their environment by actively exploring them with all their senses. As they become more verbal, they are able to describe similarities and differences in what they see, hear, taste, touch, and smell. For example, each time a child explores sand, he is confirming his previous explorations and discoveries that sand is dry, gritty, and so forth, and he will eventually notice other materials that share those same characteristics. 

Children develop and strengthen new motor skills through shaping, molding, scooping, dumping and splashing — these actions all support the development of small and large muscles. For instance, holding a scoop to fill and dump sensory materials works many muscles used in other parts of the children’s day, as when they hold a cup or spoon at mealtimes.