Food sensory activities preschool

Any time is snack time when you have a toddler! This makes food-themed crafts and activities perfect for those little ones to play and learn with food—you know, between snack times. I have found that adding in a planned and special craft or activity every day is a perfect way of breaking up and adding

Whip up taste-safe sensory fun in minutes with our easy recipe for homemade play sand using Cheerios cereal!

Big Brother's favorite book at the moment is Cloudy with a Chance of Meatballs. We read it at least twice a day. If you've ever read this book, you know

Chocolate. Enough said. No, but really, edible chocolate slime is another fun edible slime that you can feel safe letting your kids play with (and eat)! Did you see the Edible Starburst Slime I shared earlier?

Try this cool Dancing Grapes Experiment with your children. It is super easy it is to set up and will amaze your whole family!

Strengthen fine motor skills and work on counting and patterning with a cheerios bracelet! Fun to snack on while you're crafting too!

Wrap the Food - Fine Motor Activity. This is an easy way for toddlers and preschoolers to develop fine motor skills. Perfect if you're trying to teach kids about nutrition and healthy eating. #finemotor #toddlers #preschoolers

Do your kids love sensory play? Sensory fun with food offers an entirely new experience! Did you know that spaghetti is primarily flour, salt, and water? This is the same basic ingredients used in homemade play dough - only in the end, spaghetti goes through a mixing/kneading/cutting/drying process to look the way it does. Someday, I

What is the best way to expose toddlers to the alphabet? Find materials they love and put together playful activities, such as this alphabet soup idea. In this post I also share some other fun ideas you can do at home.

Try these amzing Exploring Grains Preschool Activities when introducing the food groups to young children. Fun hands on sensory play.

This fruit and veggie sensory bin for preschoolers and toddlers is colorful, interactive and fun! It is the perfect way to teach young children about healthy eating. There are a lot of learning activities that go along with this fun food and nutrition sensory bin. Add it to your Food and Nutrition preschool theme today!

Sensory bins are still all the rage in our house! Since we homeschool for preschool, we pick a theme each week and my son and I have so much fun learning all about our weekly theme. This past week was all about watermelon! Each day I put together a different sensory bin so we could learn about letters, numbers, shapes, and colors. This week, I threw together some watermelon sensory rice to use as our sensory bin filler. The best part is, all you do is mix it together in a zip-top bag and…

Looking for fun Thanksgiving sensory bin? Check out this adorable pie sensory play activity! Kids will love making their own holiday pies!

Unleash your child's inner baker with a fun-filled cupcake sensory bin activity for hours of imaginative play.

Toy food can be used for so many different simple activities that are easy to put together. This list is great for toddlers and preschoolers and includes some sensory activities.

This lemonade sensory bin is such a fun summer activity. Kids will have a blast scooping, exploring, and using their imagination.

Sensory food aversions, selective and picky eating from texture, flavor, smell, and appearance can be hard. Help kids overcome sensory issues with food with play, food activities, desensitization, and feeding therapy strategies from an occupational therapist. Food ideas for picky eaters, extreme picky eaters, kids with Autism, Sensory processing disorder (SPD), and neurodivergent;babies, toddlers, preschoolers, school aged kids, and even teens

Sensory bins are incredibly magical. The possibilities for what you can include and what your cuties can create is limitless! After becoming comfortable with sensory bins and making them a regular part of our play, I wanted to make things a bit more exciting! I thought a great place to start was by adding some […]

This easy 4-Ingredient Marshmallow Playdough recipe doubles as edible playdough! A great fun activity for kids of all ages and marshmallow lovers.

Gina Gendron, M.Ed on Instagram: "I have shared this SO many times over the years for good reason! It is a fun, engaging and open-ended way to strengthen motor skills, all through play! Let them smoosh and push and squeeze away. They can work on color recognition, counting, patterning or sorting. They can make it a game or just splash around. Grab a plastic one from the dollar store if you have one local. You get to decide what is safe and manageable in your home. Always monitor…