Sensory Play with Alphabets

Sensory plays are almost always a no bungle activity. Kids love sensory plays because they can explore a material and it opens the door for free play. And most importantly it allows them to use their 5 senses. Like any other kid, LO loves messy play, but I don't (!), because of the clean-up😝! But this week I got bored up in doing collages back to back. So we did this sensory play, using rice and LO's most-liked alphabets. This activity combines sensory play with alphabet identification.

What you will need

• Alphabets - magnetic or foam or wooden pieces
• A filler - rice or sand or shredded paper
• A large container - an aluminium pan, a large tray or a tub 
• A board or sheet with alphabet written on it
• A mat - to clean up the mess easily

The alphabets what we have used here is a gift for LO from his dearest aunt!😊You can also use the magnetic or foam alphabets, and a sheet with alphabet printed or written on it. We didn't have any sensory bin, so I used an aluminium foil pan for the play.

Let's go for the hunt

Spread the mat and place the container on it. Drop the alphabets into it and fill the container with rice, so that it covers the alphas completely. 

My plan was like the above, and thought LO would hunt for the alphas using his hands. But that didn't happen! He introduced a new twist to the play😜. LO combined his construction vehicles with this play. He bought his excavator, loader and dump truck to hunt the alphas in the rice!😄

He used the excavator to look for the alphas.

The play was quite interesting, hunting for the alphas and placing them at the right place in the board, LO was busy. In the middle, LO forgot the task and went dumping the rice in the truck!😁

Don't mind about the mess that happens.😀 Finally it was hard for me to end the play. LO wasn't willing to let go off the sensory bin and his vehicles!

This play will help children learn to identify letters of the alphabet. Before children can learn to recognize and name the letters, they first have to learn how to visually discriminate the similarities and differences of each letter. Try this messy play for learning and I'm sure kids will love it. 

Happy Parenting!☺☺