The fanning the flames and snowstorm sensory activities have always be favorite activities. I recently put together another oral sensory activities I thought you might like.These sensory activities has an ice cream theme just like the ice cream scoop catapult and simple division activities did. They were all created to go along with the book Should I Share My Ice Cream?
Sensory Activities – Ice Cream Maze
You might think the trickiest part of this activity would be trying to get the pom-pom around the maze. The trickiest part at my house was trying to find the green blocks in our LEGO bin that would match the color of Elephant’s ice cream.
Putting Together the Maze
We use the following blocks to create our maze:
Brown Bricks
2×2 (12)
4X2(1)
1×2(4)
1×1 (1)
Green Bricks*
4×2(4)
2×2(10)
3×2(2)
1×1 Slanted Bricks
*We used a few different bricks. Ideally the bricks listed above should be used. We just didn’t have them at our house.
Other Sensory Motor Supplies
- Straw
- Pom-Poms
The Goal of the Sensory Activities
The goal of the activity is to get the pom-pom from the top of the ice cream to the bottom of the cone. You have to blow hard enough to get the pom-pom to move forward and soft enough to keep in the the maze.
You may want your children to warm up by blowing the pom-pom from one end of the maze to the other with out barriers. You could also have them trying blowing the pom-pom across a table first if you like. That would give them a chance to practice soft and hard blowing.
Hint: You can make the maze harder or easier by adding more brick inside the cone and ice cream areas.
More Early Learning Activities to Come
This is part of an early learning activities series inspired by I Can Teach My Child called Toddler Time. Although my son is no longer a toddler, I will be joining I Can Teach My Child to share activities you can do with your young children this month. I will include ways to using activities with older children in most of my posts.
Previously I shared a learning colors muffin tin activity and printable. Watch next week for another sensory activity and a number activity for young children.
