--- title: "Sensory Play: Learning Through the Five Senses" description: Activities that stimulate the five senses - touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing. image: https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hubfs/Blog%20Header%20Images/21-03-24_ECM_LOWRES_@MAXROUX-163.jpg --- ![ECMS_Logo_Teal_22 1](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hs-fs/hubfs/EMCS%20Logos/ECMS_Logo_Teal_22%201.png?width=112&height=88&name=ECMS_Logo_Teal_22%201.png) [Careers](https://www.ecms.org.au/careers/) [Blog](https://www.ecms.org.au/blog/) [Contact](https://www.ecms.org.au/contact-us/) [Search](https://www.ecms.org.au/search-results/) [Kindergarten](https://www.ecms.org.au/kindergarten/) [Childcare](https://www.ecms.org.au/childcare/) [Find a centre](https://www.ecms.org.au/find-a-centre/) About About Overview [Who we are](https://www.ecms.org.au/about-us/) [Leadership team](https://www.ecms.org.au/partnerships/) [Partnerships](https://www.ecms.org.au/partnerships/) [ECMS policies](https://www.ecms.org.au/policies-page/) [Child safety commitment](https://www.ecms.org.au/child-safety-commitment/) [Book a tour](https://www.ecms.org.au/contact-us/) ![logo-combined](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-combined.png?width=98&height=32&name=logo-combined.png) ![logo-combined](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hs-fs/hubfs/logo-combined.png?width=98&height=32&name=logo-combined.png) [Book a tour](https://www.ecms.org.au/contact-us/) (03) 8481 1100 [Kindergarten](https://www.ecms.org.au/kindergarten/) [Childcare](https://www.ecms.org.au/childcare/) [Find a centre](https://www.ecms.org.au/find-a-centre/) About [Who we are](https://www.ecms.org.au/about-us/) [Leadership team](https://www.ecms.org.au/partnerships/) [Partnerships](https://www.ecms.org.au/partnerships/) [ECMS policies](https://www.ecms.org.au/policies-page/) [Child safety commitment](https://www.ecms.org.au/child-safety-commitment/) [Careers](https://www.ecms.org.au/careers/) [Blog](https://www.ecms.org.au/blog/) [Contact](https://www.ecms.org.au/contact-us/) [Search](https://www.ecms.org.au/search-results/) ###### Share on [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/sharer/sharer.php?u=https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/sensory-play-learning-through-the-five-senses) [Follow us on LinkedIn](http://twitter.com/share?url=https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/sensory-play-learning-through-the-five-senses) [Follow us on Twitter](mailto:?subject=ECMS&body=https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/sensory-play-learning-through-the-five-senses) [Home](https://www.ecms.org.au/) [Blog](https://www.ecms.org.au/blog/) Sensory Play: Learning Through the Five Senses # Sensory Play: Learning Through the Five Senses Jul 15, 2020, 10:18:00 AM By ECMS Communications Share Activities that stimulate the five senses - touch, smell, taste, sight and hearing - enable your child to have fun while exploring  and learning from the world around them.  Sensory play can help your child:  - Relax when they're frustrated on anxious by moving their attention to a mindful activity. - Build important fine and gross motor skills.  - Develop communication, social, cognitive and problem-solving skills.  - Enhance memory function.  - Learn new concepts such as wet, dry, cold, hot, smooth and rough.  **Sensory Play Ideas**  These sensory play activities are simple to set up and plenty of fun:  - Mud, sludge, bubbles, slime, kinetic sand and Play-Doh.  - Sensory boxes/bins filled with different food or non-food related tactile objects.  - Homemade miniature muddy farms, beaches, parks or duckponds.  - Rainbow rice and pasta.  [Check out these wonderful sensory play ideas from our friends at Storypark.](https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PL6xaPRn54v8DT0Kj7lVFoDlDhblEBJ0UH)  Play-Doh Recipe  Play-Doh is an all-time favourite sensory play activity for little ones and something you can quickly whip up at home.  What you need  - 1 cup of flour  - 1 cup of water  - ½ cup cooking salt  - 1 tbs of cooking oil  - 1 tbs of cream of tartar  - Food colouring  **What to do**  Mix the flour, water, food colouring, salt and cream of tartar in a saucepan over medium heat until thick.  Allow the mixture to cool and then add the oil and knead well over a floured chopping board or similar.  It’s that simple!  ## Read On [![](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/hs-fs/hubfs/IMG_5984-1.jpg?width=352&name=IMG_5984-1.jpg)](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/sensory-play-ideas) ### [Sensory Play Ideas](https://blogs.ecms.org.au/blog/sensory-play-ideas) From birth, a child’s brain develops at an extraordinary speed. 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