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Sensory Fun at BestStart Mahora
We have had a fun week exploring the Kea room. We have enjoyed ice, gloop, water play, and sand! We are big explorers of our environment and we are learning a lot through texture, taste, smell, seeing, and hearing.
Children gain information from the world around them from the moment they are born. They use innate reflexes to respond to external stimuli such as the sucking reflex to feed. As they grow and develop, babies and children continue to process and respond to their environment using their senses. Often we see very young babies using their hands and mouths to explore the texture of objects that they come into contact with.
It is often underestimated how valuable these early interactions can be for children. As they touch and explore sensory objects, these young children are learning about texture, shape, and the physical properties of these objects. They begin to distinguish one object from another as they develop their earliest skills in classification and differentiation.
This begins to make us realize that children’s earliest interactions with the resources we offer are creating the foundations for future learning. We look forward to seeing more learning happen in 2024.