Sensory Play

‘Fluid’ sand that behaves like wet sand.. it sorta kept the shape up for a while when we moulded it, but I could see it flowing down slowly. Nice different sensory feel!

Experimenting

As usual, Kor Kor asked to add trucks to his sand play.

As usual, Didi followed whatever Kor Kor did.

Next up, the boys asked for water play. This inflatable pool is so useful! I find my bathrooms too small for proper water play, so this pool is just right and contains any spilt water.

Each boy was given a container of water. Today I also gave them beakers, funnels, sponges, cups and plastic water bottles.

I must admit, I believe in play for my children not just for the sake of play itself, but because I think it helps to boost their intelligence in some way too. From what I’ve read, sensory play helps to build neural pathways. But then, the two boys have done sensory play SO MANY times by now, I guess they have probably hit the ceiling to the number of ‘bonus’ neural pathways :p

So why still more sensory play? Because it is relaxing. They might be very engrossed in the activity and having great fun and learning AND it’s soothing! Soothing for the brain, soothing for the eyes, soothing from the typical crazy hyperactiveness of young kids. (Maybe ‘hyperactivity’ is the grammatically correct word? But dun care, I feel ‘hyperactiveness’ seems more apt here :p)

And oh, I also believe being relaxed is good for the brain too! : )

While thinking about how to write this post, I realise one of my most important ‘KPI’ for my children is to be relaxed – to have an unhurried, free to play, free to read, free to do nothing childhood. Hmm, but it’s not so easy la – even though they don’t need to go to school or attend any enrichment classes, there’s still have limited free FREE time. I shall do a post on our daily routine soon!

(KPI is Key Performance Indicator)