Here we are with another fun activity to support Children’s Mental Health Week – this time it’s all about slowing down for a few minutes and focusing on our senses.
Our senses give us lots of information about the world around us. We usually pay attention by looking, but there are lots of games that help us focus by using other senses, too!
For this game you will need a bag or a box which you’ll fill with a few objects – make sure they all have different textures – for example, smooth, rough, soft or fluffy. You can ask somebody in your family to fill the bag for you so it’s a surprise when you try to guess what it might be!
Now… Put your hand in the bag or the box (no peeking!), choose one object and feel it with your hands – feel it’s shape, weight and texture. Try describing it before guessing what it is!
This game lets us slow down and focus on using our senses – we touch the object before guessing what it is and then we can look at it, smell it, maybe even taste it!
