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Sensory12 mo–2 yrsOutdoors

Blanket on the grass

Take the floor outside and let the world do the work.

Prep

1 min

Mess

Low

How to play

Put them down and let them touch grass, leaves, the blanket edge. Name what they reach for. Follow their eyes instead of directing them.

  1. a blanket spread out on grass
    1

    A blanket and somewhere green.

  2. a hand reaching past the blanket edge towards a leaf
    2

    Down on it, within reach of the edge.

  3. a hand reaching a leaf beyond the blanket, an arrow following it
    3

    Name whatever gets reached for. Follow their eyes.

What you need

A blanket and somewhere green.

What it secretly builds

Sensory

Outside is louder, brighter and windier than indoors, and their brain is sorting all of it at once. That sorting is how they learn to filter noise later.

Safety first
Watch for anything small going in the mouth, and check for stones and berries first.
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