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Shape Salt Tray

January 10, 2015 by Emma Edwards Leave a Comment

Day 10 of our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge sees us raiding the kitchen cupboard for sensory play items. We love using kitchen utensils and food for toddler play activities. Click here to see our previous adventures using resources found from the kitchen cupboard.

I remembered how much Adam enjoyed his Rainbow Salt Tray whilst we were completing our 100 day toddler play challenge. I altered the activity to include shapes as he can now recognise some basic 2D shapes. So we created a shape salt tray.

I used our large round serving tray and covered its base with white card. I cut shapes from rainbow duck tape and then attached them to the card. Adam helped me pour salt on top of the shapes.

Adventures of Adam Making shape salt tray

Adam used a mixture of his fingers and using the paint brushes to find the hidden shapes. It was a great activity to aid shape recognition as Adam named each shape once he found it.

Adventures of Adam Sensory play using kitchen cupboard items

He couldn’t resist mark making within the salt and made several patterns. He loved drawing large circles in the salt.

Adventures of Adam Rainbow shape salt tray

No sensory activity would be complete without really exploring the material. Adam concentrated for ages as he scooped up a handful of salt and watched it fall between his fingers.

Adventures of Adam Sensory salt play

Equipment:

* Large tray

* Rainbow Duck Tape (affiliate link)

* Table salt

* Paint brushes – we used Early Learning Centre – My First Brushes (affiliate link)

 

31 Day Sensory Play Challenge Blog Hop

Little Bins For Little Hands are joining us today for the 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge Blog Hop. Take a look at their amazing Frozen inspired Melting Castle. It is made from baking soda – a brilliant science sensory dough.

Rainbow Shape Salt Tray Adventures of Adam

Other sensory fun activities using items from the kitchen cupboard:

Adventures of Adam Rainbow Salt Tray
Rainbow Salt Tray
Adventures of Adam Cornflake Sensory Bin
Cornflake Tuff Spot
Adventures of Adam Clean Mud
Clean Mud

Adventures of Adam Ghost toilet roll tower
Ghost Toilet Roll Tower
Adventures of Adam fine motor skills straws
Playing with straws
Adventures of Adam playing with spices
Playing with spice containers

Adventures of Adam toddler cup stacking
Cup Stacking
Adventures of Adam pipe cleaner posting
Pipe Cleaner Posting
Adventures of Adam smash tuff spot
Smash (Instant Potato) Tuff Spot

Frozen melting castles from Little Bins for Little Hands
Adventures of Adam Toddler threading pasta
Pasta Towers Tuff Spot


To find out more about our 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge 2015 click here.

 

31 Day Sensory Play Challenge calendar download

Day 11 of our Sensory Play Challenge is Sticky Play. Take a look at our Sticky Window Play.

Adventures of Adam 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge 2016

Filed Under: Learning Activities, Play Activities, Play Challenges, Some time required, Supervision needed Tagged With: 31 Day Sensory Play Challenge, Cupboard Resources, Duck Tape, Fine Motor Activities, Mark making, Salt, Sensory Play Activities, Shape, Space and Measures

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Emma and Adam

During a difficult pregnancy suffering from Hyperemesis Gravidarum (HG) Emma vowed to make every day an adventure once she had recovered. Adventures of Adam is the outcome of completing a 100 day play challenge with Adam as part of that promise. Emma has a section dedicated to HG friendly play activities so that Mums can still be part of their children’s play whilst they are ill.

To learn more about Emma and Adam click here.


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