Sensory Tray - 3 Year Old Class

Happy New Year! We hope you have had a restful winter break with family and friends. January onwards is a milestone for many of the preschoolers in the 3 year old class. They have settled into a routine and are more comfortable moving from parallel play to social play.

At our last staff meeting we had discussed what areas of the preschool were often visited by the children and all staff agreed on the sensory table which we change weekly from ice cubes, to shredded paper, sand, play dough, etc. We decided to purchase a large sensory tray for the preschool classes to share.

The sensory tray arrived and we decided to put some colourful pellets in it for the children to explore.

Ching Ching lays in the tray while A.J stands in the tray.

I wonder if A.J thinks he could squash the pellets with his boots.

Siya, Scotia and Ching Ching all play together in the sensory tray.

Ching Ching is using fine motor skills. She has found a hole on the edge of the tray and she carefully picks the pellets up to put into the hole.

She is focusing on getting the pellets into the hole.

At clean up time everyone helps to put the pellets into a basin.

Until next time

Jess

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