Mitten Sensory Play

Our sensory tub this week contained mittens and clothespins.

The children were able to squeeze the clothespins

and hang the mitten on the thick wooden rod.

I was worried that it might be too thick for them to manage.

Sometimes they needed a bit of guidance.

 But with practice,

  they were successful.

Or they preferred to figure out how the clothespin worked

and took them apart to see the spring.

Yesterday we had a lot of snow

so I filled a big tub and added it to our play.

 Now they used the mittens in another way,

a way that was familiar.

 When finished playing in the snow,

the mittens could be hung to dry.

I was pleasantly surprised to see that

this sensory tub was used a lot more than I had expected.