Catching up!!!

So since i havent been able to blog for a while i thought i would inform you all on some training that i have completed in the past few weeks.
With in my job we are allocated 5insect days a year for our service. Back in december i completed some training on Sensory Play and most recently Approach training.

SENSORY PLAY
This day was about learning all things that u can create/make to stimulate a childs needs, develop their play, brouden their experinaces, introduce them to new textures, sounds,movement ect, gain attention span/focus, develop a childs fine motor skills.
All of the eliments that we were show could either be made at home from old household objects or be brought in the shops for a very cheap price. for example Putting oil in a bottle with water (the children can watch/look at how the two liquids are seperate), using ice to create an antartic world.
Even though with our service we only work with SEN children, i found this training extreamly usful in the sence that all children of all abilitys would be subsepital to these choices of sensory play as they can be adapted to suit the children.
For example I have learnt that autistic children and "mainstream" children of some ages like to put alot of objects/things in/on their mouth/hands/body no matter what they are because they crave the sensory eliment of life to help understand their surroundings or just simply because they like the textures of the differnt objects. So by putting numbers or there favourite object and turning it into ice, it creates a whole differnt experiance for them. It also helps to keep them safe from choking (obviously the children are supported during these activities) keeps them safe from putting dirty objects in there mouth, or just creating a world that they may only see in pictures.

My point in telling you this is that i feel that for all children of all ages should have experiances in sensory play, it is essential for young children as they are exploring through play, which also meets all the guidelines to the EYFS (Eary years foundation stage)  but i also think it is so essential for older children who may find it difficult to listen in class or are visual learners, or are quite simply bored of sitting and listening to a teacher for 6hours of the day.