You can also make salt dough at home as a non-toxic alternative. Playing with animals’ dough can improve their knowledge of animals and their physical appearance. Then you can ask them to make shapes using a cookie cutter or play scissors and slowly progress into making some small animals and objects.
Once they master doing these simple things, they know how to use their hands to shape the dough. In such cases, you can opt for homemade edible playdough.Ĭolorful play dough, cookie cutters, play scissors, popsicle sticks, etc.Īsk your kids to use the play dough to make a simple ball, roll into a snake shape, flatten it with hands or a rolling pin. But if your three-year-old has the habit of putting everything in the mouth, you need to exercise some caution. Playdough is a popular activity that encourages creativity in children. Listed below are a variety of sensory development activities that would stimulate your child’s senses differently. The benefits of sensory activities could include language development, development of fine motor skills, and problem-solving. Sensory activities for kids stimulate their senses like touch, smell, taste, sight, hearing, balance, and movement. Image: IStock Sensory Developmental Activities
