Sensory Fun Your Kids are Going to Love

Liam has always been a huge sensory seeker. There are things he does avoid but that’s mainly certain food textures, or sticky things. (For example, he wears rubber gloves to eat apples.) One of his favorite go to toys has always been water beads. He loves watching them change in size and shape as the grow. We use them in a pan and he puts his hands and feet in them. I used them to teach him fractions in math too! Just a few measuring cups, and kids can start learning their fractions by seeing how many of the smaller cups it takes to fill the one cup. (See, math can be fun!) He also likes to take them outside and bounce them off the porch to see how high they go. (Note: that’s pretty darn high!) Another thing he loves to do is make them and put them in my big bathtub. It’s super deep, so he can get in there in his swim trunks and “swim” in the water beads. However, when you purchase your beads from most places, you don’t get enough.

For Christmas, Liam received a water beads play set. You crush the beads, and then mold them into play foods. It’s a fun way to work on those fine motor skills. The best part is that our water beads from Sensory Jungle go so much further than other brands. That means, hours, days, weeks, and more of fun sensory play. I put some in a jar and placed them onto a light up base. This made a really pretty sensory light for Liam’s room. (It’s out of his reach for no chance of breakage.) However, Voss water bottles will work too, and be a safer alternative.

That’s not the case with Sensory Jungle! For under ten bucks you get over twenty THOUSAND water beads. Get this! You take one tablespoon of beads per gallon of water! So just ONE tablespoon makes a GALLON of pretty big water beads! That’s fantastic!! (These are much bigger than the “name brand” ones.)

Snow is so pretty isn’t it? We love playing in the snow, but neither of us appreciate the coldness of it. Which is where Still Valley Fake Snow comes in. This stuff is so cool! It’s a STEM lesson and sensory play all in one. Water transforms this polymer powder into fluffy snow. It’s perfect for a sensory station, and can even be used for crafts. (A 100 grams of Still Valley Fake Snow will make about two gallons of snow.)

We put ours on a tray and Liam used it to play with his action figures. He loved making a snowy landscape to play in. When he was finished, he scooped it all back up and placed it in bags for another day. (The scooping is a great way for kids to work on those pesky fine motor skills.)

These are just two of the fun products that Sensory Jungle has to offer. As you can see, we love them and we think you will too! Valentine’s Day is coming. Skip the candy for your kids, and get them some sensory and STEM learning fun!