SEND
Enhancing Learning Through Sensory Play
Set up sensory trays from porridge oats, golden syrup and cereal that keep young children curious, talking and playing for longer.
- 28 minutes
- 7 modules
- 0.5 CPD hours
- Certificate
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What you'll learn
- Make sensory trays from cheap everyday materials such as oats, syrup and cereal
- Theme small-world sensory play around a story or topic
- Extend children's play by joining in, questioning and adding new resources
- Help a child who avoids messy play feel safe enough to try it
- Link what you see in sensory play to Development Matters
About this course
A tray of sticky coloured oats, or golden syrup with glitter and chopsticks, takes minutes to put together. What children do with it can keep them absorbed, chatting and inventing stories for far longer than you'd expect.
You'll come away with three sensory trays you can make from the kitchen cupboard, and a small world built around We're Going on a Bear Hunt, with soil, cotton wool snow and water for the puddles. To stretch the play across a week, join in, ask "what would happen if..." and swap in new resources each day. There's help, too, for the child who hangs back from messy play.
The ideas work in early years and for children with SEND, and you'll be able to link what you notice to Development Matters and the characteristics of effective learning.
- For early career teachers, parents and 3 other roles. Early years, primary and special.
7 modules
Open in order
- 1 min
What is sensory play?
- 4 min
Why is sensory play important to children?
1 question
- 6 min
What makes good sensory play provision?
1 question
- 8 min
Examples of ‘Outstanding’ sensory play activities
- 6 min
How can adults challenge children’s learning?
1 question
- 6 min
What assessments can be made using EYFS framework?
1 question
- 2 min
Wrap up