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DIY Nature Sensory Board

September 5, 2013 by Kate 11 Comments

He is how to make your own sensory board using items found from nature. 

It’s an exciting time of year here in Australia as the seasons are really starting to change from winter to spring. It is times like these that our family seem to take more notice of our garden and what to be amongst it. 
 
Possum loves being outside and exploring our garden and so I decided to make a nature sensory board so that we could explore such wonderful things during those times that we can’t get outside. 
 
 DIY Nature Sensory Board
It is very easy to make your own sensory garden at home. 
You will need – 
 
  • piece of cardboard
  • safe to touch items from your garden
  • Hot glue gun (adult to use)
Teachable moments – 
Explore the garden together and discuss the various textures and colours found. 
Use good descriptive words. This will help with language development.
Talk about the size, shape and weight of each of the items found.
 
 
Quite simply I added each item to the board and secured it with a hot glue gun the night before. So easy. 
 
Please be sure what you select for your nature board is safe to touch. Ask your local nursery if you are unsure what you’ve found to be safe enough to touch. 
 

Possum had a wonderful time exploring her new nature sensory board. It was great to be able to talk about what she was touching, describing how it felt in order to make connections and see her compare the differences between each item.  

“Possum, point to the rock. Point to the flower”. 

She also discovered how some of what we added to the sensory board would come apart or remain unchanged. What a great discovery! 

  
 
                         (20 months)                                                                     (6 months) 
 
As you can see above, we have done a few awesome sensory boards in her lifetime. 
Be sure to click this link to see an earlier sensory board that Possum has enjoyed. 
 
Thank you for reading this post. I hope you have enjoyed it. 
Kate xo
 
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Comments

  1. pauline@lessonslearntjournal.com says

    September 6, 2013 at 9:59 am

    Love it Kate! So easy and I am sure the kids would love it. They’re already foraging out there. Spring has come indeed 🙂 xo P

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  2. Danya atDanyaBanya says

    September 9, 2013 at 8:27 am

    Great! I can imagine how my daughter would play with this glued sensory board very differently than if the items were left unglued and loose. Might have to try this one 🙂

    Reply

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