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Green themed sensory play and discovery space for babies and toddlers

January 24, 2017 by Kate 8 Comments

Wait, you’re not going crazy, there is nothing wrong with your eyes. Here I’m sharing a green themed sensory play and discovery space for babies and toddlers. It’s super simple to set up, little ones will love it and learn lots from their time exploring the objects and playing. 
Green themed sensory play and discovery space for babies and toddlers

Don’t ask me why, but the colour green has always been a colour that I’ve loved. It might come down to my love of the great outdoors and getting back to nature. Whatever it is, green is a colour I think many babies and young toddlers can also connect quite easily with and so I created an adorable green sensory play and discovery space.

Recommended ages: 6 months +
(Strict and active supervision is required at all times) 

finding green in environment

Green themed sensory play and discovery space for babies and toddlers

Boo (2 years old) loves colour. She is the type that will use all the paints in the paint pot, but is at the point she is wanting to know more about what each colour is called and get it right! Quite often she talks about a colour, gets the name wrong and her big sister is, of course, the first to correct her. 

Today we decided to focus on the colour green and find as many green things around our house as possible. It’s amazing what you can find when you look. 

fine motor green sensory tub for babies and toddlers

Possum remembered that we had a green blanket, which we placed on the floor and added all the green objects, bits and pieces. It created the most wonderful green themed sensory play and discovery space for babies and toddlers. Looking at the space it was great  to see the many shades of green, because as we know, there can be many shades of one colour. 

Some of the green pieces we found included – 

  • green LEGO blocks
  • green feathers
  • green coloured paper
  • green stickers
  • green building blocks
  • green pen
  • green plastic tweezers
  • green leaves

siblings green picture for play

Texture

The green objects, which we added to our homemade discovery space, included a wide variety of fabulous textures for both my girls to explore and enjoy. The softness of the feathers compared to the hard plastics of the LEGO bricks were perfect contrasts. 

Fine Motor Skills

The tweezers that we found (that happened to also be green) was great to include as it encouraged Boo to use them and try her best to pick up some of the objects. The feathers found to be the easiest to pick up and it was interesting to see her try problem solve how to pick up the slippery and very awkward LEGO block. 

building construction with green objects

Constructing a bridge was a great use of the objects that were available. It was incredibly creative and something that Boo was inspired to do without any direction from me. I feel confident after all her playing with green objects and exploring their textures, it has her a lot more familiar with the colour green. Now, which colour should we look at exploring next? 

What is your favourite colour? 

If you like this, check out these ideas – 

Tugging+Box+header   sticky ball sensory play for toddlers and babies   Learning colours with chalk and water. Great for toddlers

Filed Under: 0 - 12 months, 1 - 3 years, activities for babies, activities for toddlers, Fine Motor, Sensory Play Tagged With: colour, sensory

Comments

  1. Renee says

    January 24, 2017 at 9:49 am

    I love that she collected green leaves as an addition. This is a great way to play with colours.

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    • Kate says

      January 24, 2017 at 11:09 pm

      Thank you Nae.

      Reply
  2. Cindy says

    January 25, 2017 at 6:15 am

    I love this idea of taking one color and running with it! This will be a nice thing to try out with our baby girl!

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    • Kate says

      January 26, 2017 at 10:01 pm

      Thank you Cindy. I love when ideas like this are simple but super powerful. I hope your baby girl enjoys it as much as my Boo did. What colour do you think you will find?

      Reply
  3. Lauren says

    January 27, 2017 at 2:15 pm

    Thank you. Will have to try this with my little one this arvo. I have only just discovered your page. You have some great ideas!

    Reply
    • Kate says

      January 27, 2017 at 5:16 pm

      Thank you

      Reply
  4. the mummy bubble.com says

    January 27, 2017 at 2:17 pm

    Thank you, I will have to try this with my little man this arvo! This is my first visit. You have some amazing ideas! 🙂

    Reply
    • Kate says

      January 27, 2017 at 5:15 pm

      Oh you are so kind! Thank you. We have lots of fun and hopefully you get a chance to subscribe and catch more of what we get up to. 🙂

      Reply

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My name is Kate and I am a mum to two little girls, Possum and Boo. We have lots of fun together learning with play at home and are pleased to share some of what we do with you.
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