{"id":301,"date":"2009-08-21T19:08:22","date_gmt":"2009-08-22T02:08:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=301"},"modified":"2011-10-09T19:43:16","modified_gmt":"2011-10-10T02:43:16","slug":"sensory-table-ideas","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/?p=301","title":{"rendered":"Sensory Table Ideas"},"content":{"rendered":"

1. water <\/span><\/p>\n

2. jell-o <\/span><\/p>\n

3. pudding <\/span><\/p>\n

4. ice <\/span><\/p>\n

5. packing peanuts or other Styrofoam <\/span><\/p>\n

6. shredded paper <\/span><\/p>\n

7. pumpkin guts <\/span><\/p>\n

8. rice <\/span><\/p>\n

9. coffee grounds <\/span><\/p>\n

10. dirt <\/span><\/p>\n

11. corn meal <\/span><\/p>\n

12. sea shells <\/span><\/p>\n

13. seeds <\/span><\/p>\n

14. dry pasta <\/span><\/p>\n

15. cooked pasta <\/span><\/p>\n

16. leaves (try fresh and crinkly ones) <\/span><\/p>\n

17. clean mud (mix 1 roll white toilet paper (shredded), 1 bar grated Dove soap (use a cheese grater), and warm water (make the water warm enough to melt the soap), only mix enough water to make it the consistency of thick cool whip. This can be saved in airtight containers for later use <\/span><\/p>\n

18. rocks (all different sizes and shapes but make sure to clean them with rubbing alcohol first) <\/span><\/p>\n

19. flour <\/span><\/p>\n

20. pieces of paper to rip <\/span><\/p>\n

21. corn (right off the ears or cooked) <\/span><\/p>\n

22. Easter grass <\/span><\/p>\n

23. snow <\/span><\/p>\n

24. shaving cream <\/span><\/p>\n

25. whipped cream<\/span><\/p>\n

26. feathers <\/span><\/p>\n

27. yogurt <\/span><\/p>\n

28. nuts <\/span><\/p>\n

29. cotton balls<\/span><\/p>\n

30. straws <\/span><\/p>\n

31. old bows from Christmas presents <\/span><\/p>\n

32. salt <\/span><\/p>\n

33. dry instant mashed potatoes (use them plain or add a little water for a different effect) <\/span><\/p>\n

34. oatmeal <\/span><\/p>\n

35. pop corn (popped or plain kernels <\/span><\/p>\n

36. baby shampoo <\/span><\/p>\n

37. bubbles <\/span><\/p>\n

38. pom poms 3<\/span><\/p>\n

9. the little holes that come out of a hole punch <\/span><\/p>\n

40. pine cones <\/span><\/p>\n

41. flax <\/span><\/p>\n

42. sawdust <\/span><\/p>\n

43. almost any kind of cereal <\/span><\/p>\n

44. baking soda <\/span><\/p>\n

45. supersand (equal parts of cornmeal and coffee grounds) <\/span><\/p>\n

46. marbles <\/span><\/p>\n

47. flower petals <\/span><\/p>\n

48. hay <\/span><\/p>\n

49. sugar <\/span><\/p>\n

50. play dough<\/span><\/p>\n

51. slippery slime <\/span><\/p>\n

52. flubber (pour in elmers school glue, a liquid starch a little at a time until it becomes blubbery)<\/span><\/p>\n

53. buttons <\/span><\/p>\n

54. cedar shavings <\/span><\/p>\n

55. sticks\/twigs <\/span><\/p>\n

56. grass clippings <\/span><\/p>\n

57. jelly beans <\/span><\/p>\n

58. milk <\/span><\/p>\n

59. juice <\/span><\/p>\n

60. honey <\/span><\/p>\n

61. ice cream <\/span><\/p>\n

62. whole bananas (let the kids squish them)<\/span><\/p>\n

63. marshmallows <\/span><\/p>\n

64. broccoli <\/span><\/p>\n

65. crackers <\/span><\/p>\n

66. cookies<\/span><\/p>\n

67. tomatoes <\/span><\/p>\n

68. salsa<\/span><\/p>\n

69. bread crumbs <\/span><\/p>\n

70. pieces of bread <\/span><\/p>\n

71. small balls <\/span><\/p>\n

72. beads <\/span><\/p>\n

73. puzzle pieces (all different sizes) <\/span><\/p>\n

74. confetti <\/span><\/p>\n

75. scarves <\/span><\/p>\n

76. all different kinds of fabric samples <\/span><\/p>\n

77. seaweed <\/span><\/p>\n

78. blocks <\/span><\/p>\n

79. Lego\u00e2\u20ac\u2122s <\/span><\/p>\n

80. coins (be sure to clean them in rubbing alcohol first) <\/span><\/p>\n

81. Popsicle sticks <\/span><\/p>\n

82. cottage cheese <\/span><\/p>\n

83. egg shells (be sure to clean them first with water and rubbing alcohol) <\/span><\/p>\n

84. blueberries <\/span><\/p>\n

85. hair gel <\/span><\/p>\n

86. pipe cleaners <\/span><\/p>\n

87. ribbon <\/span><\/p>\n

88. yarn <\/span><\/p>\n

89. sponges (all different shapes, sizes and colors) <\/span><\/p>\n

90. instead of putting water or other items in the sensory table put it in Ziploc bags and put the bags in the table, this makes for a different change of pace not to mention MUCH less cleanup <\/span><\/p>\n

91. plastic Easter eggs <\/span><\/p>\n

92. candy corn <\/span><\/p>\n

93. acorns <\/span><\/p>\n

94. toilet paper and paper towel rolls <\/span><\/p>\n

95. lids (any kind of lid just make sure it is safe with no sharp edges) <\/span><\/p>\n

96. clothespins <\/span><\/p>\n

97. bells (all different sizes) <\/span><\/p>\n

98. photos <\/span><\/p>\n

99. seaweed <\/span><\/p>\n

100.the insides of cassette tapes <\/span><\/p>\n

101. plastic or rubber animals!<\/span><\/p>\n

102. Aquarium Gravel with toy sea animals, glass stones, and shells<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

1. water 2. jell-o 3. pudding 4. ice 5. packing peanuts or other Styrofoam 6. shredded paper 7. pumpkin guts 8. rice 9. coffee grounds 10. dirt 11. corn meal 12. sea shells 13. seeds 14. dry pasta 15. cooked pasta 16. leaves (try fresh and crinkly ones) 17. clean mud (mix 1 roll white […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8,16,15,12],"tags":[169],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=301"}],"version-history":[{"count":5,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":888,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/301\/revisions\/888"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/pcgirl.net\/mom\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}