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What is the importance of Preschool sensory play?
What in the world is a sensory tub!? A sensory tub is a tub filled with items that really engage any of your 5 senses - touch, sight, smell, sound and taste. It can be filled with items that fit in with the particular theme for the week, or just plain fun items! According PBS, children learn best and retain the most information when they engage their senses. By giving children the opportunity to investigate materials with no preconceived knowledge, you’re helping them develop and refine their cognitive, social and emotional, physical, creative and linguistic skillsets.![Preschool Sensory Play Preschool Sensory Play](http://www.internationalschooltci.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Preschool-Sensory-Play-6-300x225.jpeg)
What’s in our Sensory Tub?
The sensory tub is kept on a table in our classroom that the students see first thing when they walk into the room in the mornings. VIDEO! See the children in action! Please watch our little video of the preschoolers learning about their world! The students have LOVED seeing what items are in the tub, and it is, 99.9% of the time, the first beeline they make when they walk into the room.![Preschool Sensory Play Preschool Sensory Play](http://www.internationalschooltci.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Preschool-Sensory-Play-7-300x225.jpeg)
Dinosaur Dig
The first tub we had was a dinosaur dig. I filled the tub with sand, and hid small dinosaurs. Rakes, shovels, and cups were also used. The children loved to scoop up the sand with shovels, and would shout with delight when a dinosaur was brought up, “I FOUND HIM, I FOUND HIM!”![Preschool Sensory Play Preschool Sensory Play](http://www.internationalschooltci.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Preschool-Sensory-Play-3-225x300.jpeg)
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Flower Power
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Baby Birds!
Last week we had a bird nest sensory tub. I filled the tub with torn up white paper, leaves, photographs of Mom & baby birds in real nests, and balls (to represent bird eggs0.![Preschool Sensory Play Preschool Sensory Play](http://www.internationalschooltci.com/wp-content/uploads/2015/04/Preschool-Sensory-Play-4-300x225.jpeg)
Vegetable Patch
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