Sensory play encourages learning through exploration, curiosity, problem solving and creativity. It helps build connections in the brain and encourages the development of language, cognitive, sensory processing, math, science, and motor skills.
Sensory play is an important part of childhood and, within reason, there are really no limits to what you can use in sensory activities. Here at the Academy we have dirt boxes, sand/water tables, sensory art, and sensory tables just to name a few.
Today at the Academy the teachers created sent jars with familiar smells to see if their children could figure out the sent. It's a scientific fact that the brain connects smells to memories!
We use our senses at every age!
