Exposing children to consistent sensory play experiences provides important benefits to their growth and wellbeing. This post will give early years educators some practical tips and activity ideas to help you support children who don’t like tactile sensory activities. – The Empowered Educator
How can early childhood educators support children with sensory challenges? While I’m not an expert in sensory processing disorder (SPD), I hope you’ll find these tips, strategies, and activity ideas helpful to learn more about sensory processing disorder/challenges, the challenges some children face, and how this can impact on a child’s behaviour and interactions. | The Empowered Educator
Sensory Activity Ideas And Tools To Support Sensory Play – Regularly exposing children to sensory play activities is one of the best ways that educators and parents can support children to challenge themselves with new textures and experiences. If you’re not sure how to introduce play activities using sensory tools to support tactile play and children who don’t like messy hands, this post will give you lots of ideas to get started. | The Empowered Educator
Make movement fun this fall with this digital gross motor game! This game is perfect for distance learning and in-person learning! Use this on a computer, tablet or interactive whiteboard. Share your screen during distance learning and play! This movement game is perfect to use all fall long. Parents, teachers, physical educators, physical therapist, occupational therapists and more will LOVE this game!
Sensory Activity Ideas And Tools To Support Sensory Play – Regularly exposing children to sensory play activities is one of the best ways that educators and parents can support children to challenge themselves with new textures and experiences. If you’re not sure how to introduce play activities using sensory tools to support tactile play and children who don’t like messy hands, this post will give you lots of ideas to get started. | The Empowered Educator
Simple ideas for gardening with children – this guide gives early childhood educators and parents gardening activity ideas and projects for children and make it fun no matter the spaces you have to work with or if you don’t have a green thumb! Perfect guide for those following the EYLF sustainability outcomes. | The Empowered Educator
Bored with your outdoor program? Find inspiration with this collection of outdoor activities, invitations to play, and other play based learning ideas shared by educators. You’ll find sensory play, sand play, invitations to play, water play, and more! | The Empowered Educator

Bored with your outdoor program? Find inspiration with this collection of outdoor activities, invitations to play, and other play based learning ideas shared by educators. You’ll find sensory play, sand play, invitations to play, water play, and more! | The Empowered Educator

Bored with your outdoor program? Find inspiration with this collection of outdoor activities, invitations to play, and other play based learning ideas shared by educators. You'll find sensory play, sand …

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Looking for realistic early learning ideas and environment inspiration that you can use in your own day care, child care centre, or early years service? Be inspired by these creative early years environments and early learning activities shared by early childhood educators from around the world. | The Empowered Educator
Can AI truly support early-years education? Not just a figment out of a sci-fi novel, AI tools like ChatGPT, Bard and Claude-2 are already transforming the way educators comprehend sensory differences among children. Delve into the world of AI and early education with this informative guide that takes you through understanding sensory processing, behaviours that could indicate sensory preferences, and examples of AI applications in identifying sensory patterns.