Exploring STEM Through Sensory Play

Young children learn through their senses. Here are some ideas for creating sensory rich STEM learning opportunities.
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an assembly line in a factory with plastic bags and buckets
CARDBOARD TUBE-MORE OPERATIONS
SAND AND WATER TABLES: CARDBOARD TUBE-MORE OPERATIONS
two children are playing with yellow and white paint on a blue tablecloth that is covered in foam
GIANT SPONGE - 2014
Still loving the idea of a giant sponge in the sensory table - from Tom Bedard (",)
a cart with some boxes in it and instructions on how to put them into the box
BUILDING A STRONG BOX TOWER
SAND AND WATER TABLES: BUILDING A STRONG BOX TOWER
two children are making dough in a blue truck with plastic containers on the back and one child is holding a spatula
BEYOND THE GIANT SPONGE
SAND AND WATER TABLES
two young children are playing with cardboard boxes
Scientific inquiry
SAND AND WATER TABLES
a little boy that is standing in front of a table
TALL CARDBOARD TUBES AND ROPES
SAND AND WATER TABLES: TALL CARDBOARD TUBES AND ROPES
two bins sitting on top of each other in the middle of a conveyor belt
SAND AND WATER TABLES
SAND AND WATER TABLES: February 2012
two children playing in a cardboard box with numbers on the sides and measurements for each
NEW TYPE OF BOX DIVIDER
SAND AND WATER TABLES: NEW TYPE OF BOX DIVIDER
a person is pouring something into a bowl on top of some yellow and white paper
GIANT SPONGE
SAND AND WATER TABLES: GIANT SPONGE
an infant's play table is set up with clothes and toys on the line
SAND AND WATER TABLES
water table play activity - laundry/clothes line
a tray filled with lots of sand and spoons sitting on top of a table
Horizontal tubes bridging two sensory tables
SAND AND WATER TABLES
children are gathered around a large machine filled with corn and other things to make their own food
MANAGEABLE COMPLEXITY
Tom Bedard's Sand And Water Tables have slightly more complex apparatus to manage on them this week (",)
a blue and white machine sitting on top of a table
Amalgamated big box incline
SAND AND WATER TABLES
several cardboard boxes filled with corn in a room
BOXES IN BOXES
SAND AND WATER TABLES: BOXES IN BOXES