Sensory garden for school

By: Christina Hughey A sensory garden is designed to stimulate the senses. This stimulation occurs from plants and other things found in the garden. Sensory gardens are wonderful for children, including special needs children who can really benefit from sensory items. Sensory gardens provide a fun learning experience in a safe environment, even connecting

At Hand Made Places, we’ve created a free guide to designing sensory gardens for school playgrounds for unusual and inclusive school gardening club ideas.

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Our school has an Outdoor Learning Committee that I am a part of. We all feel very strongly that the environment where the children play outside is just as important as the environment inside our school. We have worked hard to make our playground an area where the kids can run, exercise explore and yes...learn! Outside play plays an important role in children's development! They are working gross motor muscles and getting must needed exercise. They learn how to solve problems such as when…

Design a sensory garden to satisfy all the senses. Use plants and features to fill it with sights, smells, sounds, textures, and tastes.

We are so impressed to see how this Growing Garden has developed. If that is something your school needs please contact us. #outdoorlearning #made2play