Welcome back to another week of the Love to Learn Linky. There were so many fun Valentine’s SENSORY activities that linked up last week so I decided to round them all up and categorize them under the 5 senses!
Amazon Affiliate links have been included in this post for your convenience. For more details, please see our Disclosure page here.
Why 5 Senses?
Kids learn and explore in different ways. Some kids love sensory activities where they get messy and get to touch and feel different textures, while others can’t stand those same activities.
Some kids learn better through a particular sense than others too – just like adults. By gathering activities for all 5 senses, we’ve got something sensory that will appeal to all kids!
Valentine’s Touch Activities
Valentine’s Sensory Discovery Bin – One Time Through
To make this Valentine’s Rice Sensory Bin, you will need to colour some rice red by spraying it liberally with vinegar and then mixing in some red food colouring. I added buckets and a cup to pour with, as well as heart cookie cutters, glass beads, pom poms and feathers.
Onetime, my 3 year old son, had a blast pouring and dumping with this bin last year, as well as hiding and finding the little objects!
Valentine’s Goop Science from Little Bins for Little Hands.
Water Beads Bath from Best Toys for Toddlers.
Nature Ice Suncatchers from Raising Wild Ones.
Sparkly Red Valentine’s Day Slime from Best Toys for Toddlers.
Valentine’s Rice Sensory Bin from Learning 2 Walk.
Valentine’s Smell Activities
Rose Scented Playdough – One Time Through
To make this luxuriously scented playdough, use our favourite homemade dough recipe which you can find and print from our Free Printables page, and simply add a few drops of NOW Foods, Rose Absolute, 5% oil blend, 1 Ouncewhile the dough is still warm. You can make the playdough red or pink – Onetime chose pink this time.
Strawberry Scented Valentine’s Sensory Bin from A Little Pinch of Perfect.
Chocolate Scented Playdough from One Time Through.
Valentine’s Taste Activities
Valentine’s Day Toast – One Time Through
Make some toast. Cut out fun heart shapes. Apply seedless raspberry jam. Trust me – your kids will LOVE these!
Valentine’s Day Tea from The Sugar Aunts.
Painted Heart Toast from Messy Little Monster.
Valentine’s Sight Activities
Easy Heart Printing Valentines – One Time Through
Can’t get easier than this to make adorable heart printed artwork. Form a paper roll into a heart shape, then show your child how to dab it into paint. Try different colours of paint and paper. Display your child’s masterpiece, or cut it up (with their permission of course!) and make some very special valentines!
Free Form Valentine’s Sculpture from Left Brain Craft Brain.
Rainbow Heart Suncatchers from Fireflies and Mud Pies.
Clay Heart Ornaments from Crafts On Sea.
Simple Heart Resist Art from Mama.Pappa.Bubba.
Valentine’s Stamp Art from Danya Banya.
Valentine’s Sound Activities
Valentine’s Sound Matching Game – One Time Through
Pick up some of those Mini HeartShaped Containers (2 dz)and fill them with Valentine’s related objects (or not) that make noise when you shake the boxes. Create matching pairs of heart sounds and see if your child can identify pairs. Note: if you’re going to use rice like we did – tape the boxes shut!
Fizzing Love Potion Valentine’s Chemistry – One Time Through.
That’s it for this week! Hope you found some fun Valentine’s activities for the kids today – no matter what sense. Thanks to all the bloggers who participated in our linky!
If you’re looking for other kids’ fun and educational Valentine’s Day activities, be sure to follow our Pinterest board:Follow One Time Through’s board Valentines Day with Kids on Pinterest.
To a lovely 5 Senses Valentine’s Day with your kiddos!
To find even more fun and educational activities as well as positive parenting tips, follow us on Facebook, Twitter, and Google+.
And if you don’t want to miss out on any more of the fun we have here at One Time Through, sign up for our NEWSLETTER today. You’ll receive notifications by e-mail of new posts and you’ll also receive access to your FREE copy of our newest printable:
26 Quick Parenting Tips for NOW to Help Your Child Have Great Character LATER!
Please visit my fabulous linky co-hosts to see other features this week:
A Little Pinch of Perfect
Left Brain Craft Brain – 25 Valentine Process Art Projects
Totschooling – Thawing a Frozen Heart: Sensory Science for Kids
And bloggers – if you were featured, be sure to grab a button!
Love to Learn Linky
Bloggers, share your posts every Thursday and watch as we round them up and share them all over the place. Almost anything goes, we’re just hoping your activities teach kids (or us!) something (science, art, cooking, behavior, crafting, parenting etc…).
The Love to Learn Linky is hosted by:
Left Brain Craft Brain (leftbraincraftbrain.com): Anne is an ex-engineer, current stay-at-home mama writing about crafty ways to encourage creativity (and brain power!) in our kids. Each of her projects gives kids the chance to learn about a new subject and do something crafty at the same time.
Totschooling (totschooling.net): Viviana is a blogging mom to a toddler and a preschooler, sharing ideas and resources for early education. She specializes in unique, hands-on printable activities that are educational, fun and inspire creativity in young minds.
A Little Pinch of Perfect (alittlepinchofperfect.com): Katie combines creativity, play, and learning for the perfect mishmash of fun activities that keep kiddos entertained throughout the day. She wholeheartedly believes in the power of play and feels that all activities naturally provide a fun way to learn.
One Time Through (onetimethrough.com): Sue is an Elementary School Teacher currently on leave to be at home with her preschooler son. She shares ideas for connecting and learning with kids through meaningful, play-based activities that nurture curiosity and creativity, as well as positive parenting tips.
Love to Learn Linky Etiquette:
Posts should be about educating our kids in any way – science, art, cooking, crafts, behavior, parenting, etc. Please keep them family friendly and please no Etsy shops or giveaways unless they are relevant to the topic.
Upload your direct post link to the InLinkz widget. Link up to 3 posts.
Like the hosts on Facebook: Totschooling, A Little Pinch of Perfect, One Time Through and Left Brain Craft Brain.
Or follow the hosts on Pinterest: A Little Pinch of Perfect, One Time Through, Left Brain Craft Brain, Totschooling.
Post our button on your site.
By linking up, you agree to have your images shared with credit.
Link up and grab a button!
Loading InLinkz ...
Related Posts
Love Potion Chemistry for Valentine’s Day
Wintry Boredom Busters for Preschoolers
Simple Sensory Activities: When You Only Have 10 Min.
Wintry Sensory Bins for Learning
A Sensory Science Curriculum for Kids + Linky