Sensory Seeds
Learning Goals: Sensory, Properties, Vocabularly, Self-Regulation, Fine Motor Skills
- Take all the "guts" out of a pumpkin and place a couple of handfuls in a dish, bowl, or tray.
- If you are doing this activity as a full class, then place a tray on every table so students have a smaller group on every tray.
- Let your students explore! Watch to see what questions they have or how they want to extend the activity.
- Optional: place loose parts out on the table (that you wouldn't mind having to clean after) or other manipulatives like small bowls, scoops, etc.
- Pumpkin and craving tools
- Trays for the seeds
- Optional manipulatives or loose parts to extend play
The educator used children's interests to support an inquiry by providing different materials, extending the play by asking guiding questions, and by connecting children's play to different learning objectives.
