Benefits of Sensory Play

Squidge & Wild are big believers of continually helping your child’s brain expand and improve to the best of its ability, enter Squidge & Wild Sensory Play. Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage children to use scientific processes while they play, investigate, explore and create. Sensory activities allow children to refine their thresholds for different sensory information helping their brain to create stronger connections to process and respond to sensory information.

Look, Listen, Touch and Smell! (all underlined are smaller headings) 

1. Four of the Five fundamental elements of life that we often take for granted. From birth children are exploring sensors and processing new information. They begin to make sense of the world around them as they grow through the exploration of new textures, materials and resources. Squidge & Wild sensory box play sets are a valuable way of engaging children in activities that will heighten their senses and enrich their learning

Why is Sensory Play really important?

Not only does it inspire creativity and imagination It also encourages discovery and independent thinking. Children become more creative simply by playing. They also build their linguistic, visual spatial, cognitive, social and emotional skills. Extensive research at the highest levels has shown that both your child’s brain and language development and learning can be greatly benefited by sensory play.

Brain & Language Development

Sensory Play will help strengthen your child’s brain development for learning which in turn helps enhance their memory and ability to complete more complex learning tasks. Language development is supported by Sensory Play as it encourages your child to communicate effectively with others and their imagination. Your child will want to talk about the new textures, shapes and smells with our Squidge & Wild box play sets.

Other benefits of Sensory Play

• Research shows that sensory play builds nerve connections in the brain’s pathways, which lead to the child’s ability to complete more complex learning tasks.
• Sensory play supports language development, cognitive growth, fine and gross motor skills, problem solving skills, and social interaction.
• This type of play aids in developing and enhancing memory
• Sensory play is great for calming an anxious or frustrated child
• This helps children learn sensory attributes (hot, cold, sticky, dry)