Thanks to Jodi Bird, Youth Services Manager at the Menomonie Public Library, for this marvelous guest post! I want to try these things myself!
In January
the Menomonie Public Library hosted a Sensory Celebration for our Saturday
Stories series. Families were treated to
activities that tickled all the senses. Each
activity was chosen to let kids explore with their parent or caregiver at their
leisure. We had everything from smelling
jars to a large crawling box with scarves and bells to push through.
Families
also enjoyed using magnets in our sand table,
playing with
homemade play dough,
“writing” in the salt boxes
and discovering the marvel of the sticky side
of contact paper using pom poms and tissue paper.
Yet the
biggest hit of the whole morning were the water beads. Children and adults alike couldn’t get enough
of them. Who knew that a couple tablespoons
of little tiny beads could fill the bottom of our water table with so much
fun? If you would like any specifics
about our sensory party contact Debbie Nelson at children@menomonielibrary.org.
Labels: family programs, play, sensory