Flower Sensory Activities (2024)

FAQs

What is flower petal activity? ›

This flower petal activity — perfect for spring — encourages your child to make gorgeous potions with the flower petals that you find in your garden. What is this? This is a winner for keeping the kids occupied all afternoon. They'll love using pipettes to mix colours and add pretty petals to their potions.

In Flower, the player controls the wind, blowing a flower petal through the air using the movement of the game controller.

Go on a nature walk and gather wild flowers or flower petals. Petals that have fallen from flowering trees can also be gathered. Use a flower identification book to find out what type of flower it is and if it is safe to touch. Once you are back home, fill the cups with water and add food coloring to each one.

Introducing preschoolers to the concept of the five senses at an early age is not only fun but also immensely beneficial for their cognitive and sensory development. Understanding the five senses – sight, touch, taste, smell, and sound – helps children make sense of the world around them.

Sensory play encourages learning through exploration, curiosity, problem solving and creativity. It helps to build nerve connections in the brain and encourages the development of language and motor skills.

There is no definitive answer to this question as each child develops at their own pace and will be ready for sensory play when they are able to engage with their senses in a way that is enjoyable for them.

Introduction: Awakening the Senses

Sensory play is a hands-on, immersive experience that helps children reconnect with their environment and discover the world through their senses.

Messy play is messy!

Your little one will need a complete change afterwards so be prepared with a towel, wipes and lots of fresh clothes. There is no facilities to wash babies down at our venues so please be prepared to wipe them down and wash them later.

What are some examples of sensory play? ›

Our favorite sensory play ideas for toddlers to preschoolers and beyond include sensory bins, sensory bottles, playdough, slime (especially taste-safe slime for younger kids), water play, messy play, and more. You can make so many unique sensory play ideas from convenient supplies!

Try using asparagus stalks, carrot sticks, broccoli or cauliflower florets as a paintbrush. You could also try making your own edible paints by squishing raspberries or blueberries, using yoghurt, tomato ketchup, turmeric or paprika mixed with water to create your very own edible masterpiece!

- Use hair gel and mix with 6 parts warm water and fine glitter if you wish then pour into the bottle. Add plastic toys such as lego bricks. Put the lid on and see if the bricks move. If they don't then empty some of the liquid and add more warm water.

Diversity Flower

Divide participants into two teams, give them a piece of paper where they will draw a flower with petals, and each petal represents a unique trait of each team member. The two teams will exchange flowers and discuss the different cultural and identity traits of the other team.

noun. pet·​al ˈpet-ᵊl. : one of the often brightly colored modified leaves that make up the corolla of a flower.

Petals (collectively called the corolla) are the second whorl of the flower. They are sterile floral parts. The major function of petals is to attract insects for pollination and to protect the reproductive organs, which are at the centre of the flower.

The flower exercise, or as I call it, the Enneagram of the Workplace, is a very helpful exercise to help you understand the things that will make up your ideal job. This exercise is borrowed from Richard Bolles' book What Color is Your Parachute.