Sensory Play

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1 Sensory Play Garen Garib Early Childhood Education, Humber College ECE 113, Children, Play and Creativity Bora Kim January 29, 2023 I have maintained Academic Integrity in my work by adhering to the values of honesty and integrity. I declare that this work respects APA requirements as well as policies with the Faculty of Health Sciences & Wellness. Student’s Digital Signature: GareenGarib Student Number: N01584
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3 In the first photo I had mixed water, cornstarch and food coloring during class to make goop. I had engaged in sensory play by feeling the texture, smelling it and looking at the movements. The goop has a mixed texture, when playing with it in your hand, it has a liquid form and once it’s put down onto a flat surface or a bowl it has a solid texture, but it looks watery. Ingredients used to make the goop has no smell therefore it is odorless. In the second photo I had used half a cup of water, 1 ½ cup of flour and blue food coloring to make playdough. I had used the same senses to engage in sensory play which are, feeling the texture, smelling it and looking at the movements and balance. The playdough’s texture had a sticky texture while mixing it and once it was completed it was nice and soft. Once the playdough was placed on a flat surface it stayed upright. The balance was perfect. Whereas for the smell it was the same as the goop, odorless. Touch sensory helps children understand that there are many different forms of texture, for example the difference between the goop and the playdough is that the goop has a liquid and solid form, whereas for the playdough it was only solid. The sensory of smell can help children develop and/or understand that, not all products have an odor, while other products can have a strong odor. For looking at the movements and balance sensory, this helps children understand that things can always have a mixture of both solid and liquid or just solid and liquid itself. Touching, stroking, and compressing the material helps youngsters learn while associating language with actions. The infant's confidence in his/her investigations is boosted through imitation (Physical Domain and Skill, Touch, Pg.27). Sensory discrimination is the use of
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4 all senses to recognize and distinguish between distinct qualities and materials. As the youngster feels the things, he learns the names of them; this enhances his or her tactile learning (Physical Domain and Skills, Sensory Discrimination, Pg. 36). Using tools to carve goop or playdough into straight lines. Dense but soft enough to mould, offering resistance when sliced (Physical Domain and Skills, Tool Use, Pg. 54).