{"id":38556,"date":"2020-05-04T08:57:19","date_gmt":"2020-05-04T12:57:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/?p=38556"},"modified":"2020-05-04T08:57:19","modified_gmt":"2020-05-04T12:57:19","slug":"water-beads-sensory-play","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/water-beads-sensory-play\/","title":{"rendered":"Water Beads Sensory Play"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_id=&#8221;1588546186042-9d2a11d5-b794&#8243;][vc_column el_id=&#8221;1588546186173-46c4ebb9-f12b&#8221;][vc_column_text]<\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sensory play:<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Sensory play can be any play that involves the senses. It allows children to play, explore, create, and engage in experiential learning through their senses.<\/span><\/p>\n<h2><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">What are water beads?<\/span><\/h2>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">\u201cWater beads are non-toxic and environmentally safe, making them a wonderful addition to the sensory play of children who will not put them in their mouths\u201d (Source:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.giftofcuriosity.com\/water-bead-sensory-play\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water bead sensory play<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">).\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water beads were made for designing the floral display. \u201cThey are fun gel balls that expand in water and are often used in flower vases. They also make a fun sensory station for children who are no longer putting things in their mouth\u201d. (Source:<\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.funwithmama.com\/water-beads-fun\/\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Water Beads Fun Sensory Bin!<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">)<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2bc93ead-5844-4688-893c-88c025580529.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-38561 size-large\" src=\"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2bc93ead-5844-4688-893c-88c025580529-683x1024.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"960\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2bc93ead-5844-4688-893c-88c025580529-683x1024.jpg 683w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2bc93ead-5844-4688-893c-88c025580529-500x750.jpg 500w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2bc93ead-5844-4688-893c-88c025580529-700x1050.jpg 700w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2bc93ead-5844-4688-893c-88c025580529-200x300.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/2bc93ead-5844-4688-893c-88c025580529.jpg 735w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/a><br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Check out this super easy color sorting fun sensory bin to put together for your little ones:<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">You will need:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">A big container, a tub, or a large tray ( anything big enough to be able to fit all the components of the activity)<\/span><\/li>\n<li>Water beads (You can do a theme of colors or all colors!)<\/li>\n<li>Colorful cups<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tip:Make sure the water beads and cups have similar colors or atleast are alike so your child can sort.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Setup:<\/span><\/h3>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add all different color water beads on one side of the container<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Place the colorful cups on the other side<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Add tools such as spoons to help with picking up the water beads and transferring them when sorting.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Some tools that go really well when working with water beads are listed below:\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Small measuring spoons<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Scissor spoon (so it is easier for your children to scoop the beads)<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Tiny cups.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Motor tools<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400\"><br \/>\n<\/span><\/li>\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Plastic egg container.<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91413017_584420605754765_3503270747729234807_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-38559\" src=\"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91413017_584420605754765_3503270747729234807_n-300x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91413017_584420605754765_3503270747729234807_n-300x300.jpg 300w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91413017_584420605754765_3503270747729234807_n-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91413017_584420605754765_3503270747729234807_n-200x200.jpg 200w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91413017_584420605754765_3503270747729234807_n-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91413017_584420605754765_3503270747729234807_n-80x80.jpg 80w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91413017_584420605754765_3503270747729234807_n-600x600.jpg 600w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/91413017_584420605754765_3503270747729234807_n.jpg 640w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/a><a href=\"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/90890293_888021281663057_549547460711195596_n.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-38558 size-medium alignnone\" src=\"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/90890293_888021281663057_549547460711195596_n-e1588546714701-234x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"234\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/90890293_888021281663057_549547460711195596_n-e1588546714701-234x300.jpg 234w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/90890293_888021281663057_549547460711195596_n-e1588546714701-500x641.jpg 500w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/90890293_888021281663057_549547460711195596_n-e1588546714701-700x897.jpg 700w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/90890293_888021281663057_549547460711195596_n-e1588546714701-799x1024.jpg 799w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/90890293_888021281663057_549547460711195596_n-e1588546714701-768x984.jpg 768w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/90890293_888021281663057_549547460711195596_n-e1588546714701-180x230.jpg 180w, https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/05\/90890293_888021281663057_549547460711195596_n-e1588546714701.jpg 843w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 234px) 100vw, 234px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400\">Hope you and your child enjoy this activity as much as my boys and I did! :D<\/span><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row el_id=&#8221;1588546186042-9d2a11d5-b794&#8243;][vc_column el_id=&#8221;1588546186173-46c4ebb9-f12b&#8221;][vc_column_text] Sensory play: Sensory play can be any play that involves the senses. It allows children to play, explore, create, and engage in experiential learning through\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":38560,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-38556","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-recent"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38556","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=38556"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38556\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":38563,"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/38556\/revisions\/38563"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/38560"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=38556"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=38556"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/spectacokids.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=38556"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}