Today the children have been exploring emotions through their very own sensory bags.
We began by having a discussion about what kind of things we could put in our sensory bags while making the jelly mix.
âWe could put beans in, they are squidgyâ
âand cornflakes, my brother likes cornflakes they feel crunchyâ
We collected a variety of different things to put in such as oats, cornflakes, shaving foam,beans, rice ,custard and jelly. The children helped to make up the custard by adding 200 ml of warm water (which we measured using a measuring jug) to the custard powder.
We used ziplock bags and stuck faces on them showing different emotions. The children then added each thing to each of the bags and closed the bag over.
Using their hands to feel and move the contents of each bag they were able to see the different emotions through the bag. They guessed what each one was and how it felt.
âItâs an angry face, itâs crunchyâ
â itâs happy face, it feels gooeyâ
âwhatâs that one I donât know thatâ
As well as simple emotions we are beginning to look at more complex emotions.
âthat is a surprised face, when might you feel surprisedâ
â When someone pops a balloon  â
The children have enjoyed learning about emotions in different ways. During this sensory experience they have been developing their fine motor skills when using their hand muscles and learning some new vocabulary to describe what they feel.
