Sensory Play & Exploration / module 1 of 1
Texture Treasure Basket
The child explores a basket of safe household objects with different textures, learning to describe and compare what they feel.
Guide
Sit with your child on the floor. Say: 'Let us find out what is inside.' Let the child pick each object. Ask: 'Is it soft or hard? Rough or smooth? Warm or cold?' Repeat the child's words back and add one new describing word each time. Do not correct; extend. End by asking the child to find their favourite object and tell you why.
Material
- Any 8 to 10 household objects with distinct textures (wooden spoon, sponge, cotton ball, metal key, smooth stone, fabric scraps)
- Optional: a printed picture card set of texture words
Activities
Indoor: blindfold-free feely game, sorting objects into soft and hard piles. Outdoor: texture walk in the yard or street, touching tree bark, leaves, walls, and grass, collecting three safe objects to add to the basket.
You will need
One basket or box, 8 to 10 safe household objects. Cost: zero, everything is found at home.
Check yourself
Child names at least four texture words unprompted. Child sorts six objects into two groups by a property they choose themselves.
Learn with AI
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