sensory activities

  • Turn an Inflatable Pool into an Indoor Ball Pit

    Turn an Inflatable Pool into an Indoor Ball Pit

    It might feel like we’ve reached that point in the pandemic when we’ve simply run out of ideas for how to switch things up and conjure some fresh joy inside our four walls. But if you haven’t built your own indoor ball pit yet, you’ve still got at least one trick up your sleeve.


  • Let Your Toddler Play With Birdseed

    Let Your Toddler Play With Birdseed

    If you’re the parent of a toddler or preschooler, chances are you’ve discovered the joy (and the mess) that sensory activities can bring. When my son was that age, a bin full of strange material would occupy him for many minutes at a time — certainly more than plastic toys or games or puzzles ever…


  • Make A Busy Board For Your Baby

    Babies and young toddlers are, you know, kind of hard to occupy. At the beginning, they mostly just lie around. But once they’re able to sit up, crawl and then toddle unsteadily about, they’re on a mission to do something and touch everything.