Comments on: Make Your Own Sensory Bottles

By: Sam Yates

Sam Yates — Thu, 03 Feb 2011 21:37:04 +0000

we have these in my setting and encouraged the children to fill the bottles themselves. (only with the appropriate materials/supervision) the really enjoyed it and the bottles are great for the age range

By: DIANA MATOS DAVILA

DIANA MATOS DAVILA — Thu, 25 Nov 2010 23:42:34 +0000

As an early childhood teacher I explore with many sensory activities. Some more ideas you can post include:

play with three dabs of whipped cream and gradually add diferent colors of food coloring. We explore diferent colores and the cool texture.

using cookie cutters, help the babies cut fun shapes into harden gelatin. We can explore shapes, color, texture and taste.

with vanilla pudding, crushed oreo cookies and small plastic farm animales, pigs, horses, etc. you make a small plate size mud bath so the babies can let there imagination run, letting there animals get messy. We explore diferent textures, colors, animal names, sounds and taste.

we cook noodles, of diferent sizes, or even shapes for bigger kids, with diferent color food coloring, let cool later we explore texture, colores sizes and shapes.

By: Nursery Activity Ideas

Nursery Activity Ideas — Sun, 12 Sep 2010 16:34:47 +0000

Nat: For children in this age range I would adapt this activity slightly. For example, let the children choose the objects to put inside to make their own musical instruments, and experiment with the different sounds they make.
You could also fill the bottles with water as an activity to teach early volume. Alternatively use the bottles to teach early weight and other mathematical topics such as colours and shapes.
Have a look at “make sensory bottle weights” and “making sensory water bottles” for more details and ideas.

By: Nat

Nat — Sat, 11 Sep 2010 14:31:11 +0000

Hi would this be a good activity for 4 year olds? What would be the top age for this activity?

By: Nursery Activity Ideas

Nursery Activity Ideas — Wed, 08 Sep 2010 20:24:13 +0000

Jess: For the age group you are working with this activity would mainly cover the personal and social area of development. However it can also be suitable to cover other areas of learning.

By: Jess

Jess — Fri, 03 Sep 2010 15:16:57 +0000

Hey, im currently studying for my BTEC national diploma in childcare, this would be a great activity to use with me 0-2′s, im just wondering what area of development this would come under.
Intellectual
Physical
social
emotional
langauge

Any ideas of which area i can use? Thanks

By: Carla

Carla — Mon, 16 Aug 2010 09:56:12 +0000

You could always add water and glitter, or oil and food colouring to make more sensory bottles for babies.

By: Nursery Activity Ideas

Nursery Activity Ideas — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 12:36:32 +0000

Thank you for your suggestions, we have got a few more relevant activities in the pipeline.

By: flower

flower — Sun, 15 Nov 2009 11:48:46 +0000

I am really like it .but I want some more information about compare shapes and volume.I am a nursery teacher .I want to know how to explain about shape and volume and some activities.I would like to ask you to help me.thank you!

By: Nursery Activity Ideas

Nursery Activity Ideas — Sat, 06 Jun 2009 16:25:38 +0000

I have just had a look around the internet for fabric crayons, Berol make some. Once you have drawn on the fabric all you need to do is iron it on a low heat to fix the colours. The quilt would then be hand washed. Their website does not state an age suitability, so you should check this with the manufacturers before using them.