Reddam House’s sensory play with slime
Reddam House Helderfontein's Early Learning School hosted a sensory play activity in partnership with Elmer's Slime & Glu.
Playing with slime has a few surprising benefits for children’s development, these benefits include sensory stimulation, fine motor development, creativity and imagination which also stimulates learning and encourages curiosity in young children.
Reddam House Helderfontein’s Early Learning School hosted the activity in partnership with Elmer’s Slime & Glu, to introduce children to the joy and educational value of playing with slime.
Nicola Crooks, Head of Reddam House Helderfontein’s Early Learning School touched on how the school encourages messy play and a spirit of curiosity and experimentation in children. “We believe that children learn best through hands-on experiences, and messy play is an excellent way for them to explore the world around them. We were thrilled to partner with Elmer’s to offer this fun and creative morning to our community,” said Crooks.
Elmer’s has developed several educational activities that use slime as a tool for learning, including experiments with gravity, fractions, volcanoes, a colour wheel, and cleaning up the ocean. These experiments are incorporated into the sensory play events, which took place for two hours at the Reddam House Helderfontein Preparatory School.
The event was fun-filled and children explored and experimented with this squishy and stretchy material.
According to Reddam House Helderfontein, Some of the benefits of playing with slime have some surprising benefits include:
- Sensory stimulation: Slime can provide a unique sensory experience for children as they explore the texture, colour, and consistency of the material.
- Fine motor development: Manipulating slime can help children strengthen their fine motor skills, such as pinching, squeezing, and stretching.
- Creativity and imagination: Slime can inspire creativity and imaginative play as children can mould it into various shapes, creatures, and objects.
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