The process of exploring, experimenting and creating is more important to them than the finished product.
It is the very process that creates the learning.
This is why sensory play is so important for preschoolers.
It encourages exploration of their senses.
The options for sensory play are truly limitless.
In fact in these situations, often the people who hold back our children are us, the adults!
What we mean by that is, often, we lack the imagination for creating sensory opportunities.
More then meets the eye
Sensory play is not just play.
It is actually scientific.
A child will observe, hypothesize, experiment and conclude throughout their play.
What theyaccomplishthrough this play they willretain.
They will begin to process that actually water doesnt have to be scary.
Introducing this play away from any pressure or expectation creates new neural roads to their brain.
They haveaccomplishedplaying in water and haveretainedthat water doesnt have to be scary, it can be fun too.
They have been pushed out of their comfort zone in a safe way and adapted.
This does not stop the older you get, the premise remains the same.
So get involved too!
The advice on bottles of water beads states 3 years+.
If you do let younger children use them in sensory play, do not leave them alone with them.
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