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In preparation of our family expecting our 5th baby next Friday I decided to put together a baby theme sensory tray. With all baby related baby items.
Most of the items for this sensory tray I purchased at the Dollar Tree in the baby shower section (diaper pins, baby blocks, bear picks and baby carriages). The clear and pink gems I bought on clearance at Michael's. The cheese shaker was also a Dollar Tree find and the baby toy with the highchair and bassinet I pulled out of my daughter's Fisher Price doll house. I chose mostly pink items because we are expecting a girl.
I printed off parts of the womb nomenclature cards and stages of baby development cards, cut them out and glued them to the back of empty cereal boxes and cut them out making them heavy duty cards. I added these to her sensory tray. We went over the nomenclature cards and she looked at the pictures of the stages of baby development while pregnant cards and placed them in order by the just looked at the appearance of the baby on the cards Amazing all the questions a 3 year old has!
I added everything to a tray I purchased at a consignment store just for Montessori learning.
My kids placed the bear picks in the cheese shaker, scooped the gems with spoons and tongs and transferred, stacked the blocks, etc.
Then after my 3 and 2 year had finished with this tray I pulled out our homemade Play-Doh and set the tray on the table and they used their baby sensory tray items incorporated with the Play-Doh. Play-Doh with a chop stick in the center where she threaded the diaper pins on, stamped the Play-Doh with the embossed raised letters and images and made diaper pin impressions in the Play-Doh.
In preparation of our family expecting our 5th baby next Friday I decided to put together a baby theme sensory tray. With all baby related baby items.
Most of the items for this sensory tray I purchased at the Dollar Tree in the baby shower section (diaper pins, baby blocks, bear picks and baby carriages). The clear and pink gems I bought on clearance at Michael's. The cheese shaker was also a Dollar Tree find and the baby toy with the highchair and bassinet I pulled out of my daughter's Fisher Price doll house. I chose mostly pink items because we are expecting a girl.
I printed off parts of the womb nomenclature cards and stages of baby development cards, cut them out and glued them to the back of empty cereal boxes and cut them out making them heavy duty cards. I added these to her sensory tray. We went over the nomenclature cards and she looked at the pictures of the stages of baby development while pregnant cards and placed them in order by the just looked at the appearance of the baby on the cards Amazing all the questions a 3 year old has!
I added everything to a tray I purchased at a consignment store just for Montessori learning.
My kids placed the bear picks in the cheese shaker, scooped the gems with spoons and tongs and transferred, stacked the blocks, etc.
Then after my 3 and 2 year had finished with this tray I pulled out our homemade Play-Doh and set the tray on the table and they used their baby sensory tray items incorporated with the Play-Doh. Play-Doh with a chop stick in the center where she threaded the diaper pins on, stamped the Play-Doh with the embossed raised letters and images and made diaper pin impressions in the Play-Doh.
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That's super fun!!!
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Oh I love these activities, thanks for sharing!
ReplyDeletewhat a neat way to teach and get them excited about the new baby.
ReplyDeleteThat's a cute idea to provide pretend play opportunities to prepare for a baby!
ReplyDeleteHow fun! Anything with Play-Doh is fun. :D
ReplyDeleteDee Mauser
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What a fun way to get the little ones prepared for a new baby!
ReplyDeleteOh that is a fun sensory table. I love the theme behind it. what a fun way to help keep introducing the idea of a baby to the kids.
ReplyDeleteWhat great ideas! I will have to check out the dollar store today :)
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea, I bet they had fun!
ReplyDeleteWhat a great idea for preparing siblings for a new baby, Nicole! I pinned your post to my Babies - Activities and Ideas Board at http://pinterest.com/debchitwood/babies-activities-and-ideas/
ReplyDeleteGenius, as always! Can't wait to see your little addition! :)
ReplyDeleteSuch a great idea and activity for young kids to feel comfortable about the new baby!
ReplyDeletewhat great activies
ReplyDeleteThese are great activities and it looks like they have so much fun learning..
ReplyDeleteLove it! What a great sensory play idea! And the baby is due on my birthday :) God bless!
ReplyDeleteThis is really awesome! Very creative, and what a great way to introduce the concept of pregnancy and a new baby to an older sibling.
ReplyDeleteJenn, http://www.in-my-bag.com
That is so original. I love your baby sensory table!
ReplyDeleteVery nice tips! I just had a baby girl 3 months ago. So I need to learn more about this things! thank you for shearing and please visit my site : www.newbiemomma.com
ReplyDeleteThis is such a wonderful idea for preparing the big kids :) Love it!
ReplyDeleteGreat idea, girl!! Sharing tomorrow!! :)
ReplyDeleteGreat ideas. I relly like the printable cards!
ReplyDeleteWhat great ideas to prepare you children for a new sibling. Thank you for sharing your post this week at our Hearts for Home Blog Hop!
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