Our youngest one (AG, 7 months) is finally getting around a little bit more and spending more time awake during the day. And it is so fun to watch him, as his sister says, “learn how to play.” The discoveries he makes each day are so fun! And this portion of his growing up is so fleeting – I feel the need to soak it all up! Today we were playing with him and I just quickly decided to throw in a little sensory fun into the mix. And it was so simple and added up to so much fun for all of us!
All we added to the mix was some colorful tissue paper!
This is such a great early sensory experience for AG because he is getting so much sensory input:
- the wrinkling of the tissue paper provides something new to touch
- the crinkling of the tissue paper provides something new to hear
- the color of the tissue paper provides something new to see, and
- the movement of the paper provides something new to wonder at
To create your own sensory play for baby, here are some ideas for introducing tissue paper play: