By exploring how things feel, smell and taste, this type of play nurtures an awareness and understanding of the world that surrounds them. Messy play is a sociable activity, whether with family or other children, so naturally, it will enrich relationships through social interaction. Depending on what you make the messy play activity, you can also use it to develop language skills and encourage speech.
High concentration levels are needed while engaging in messy play, from exploring objects and engaging all of their senses to thinking through their discoveries and trying to communicate them. This helps children to develop essential learning skills which then enables them to focus and concentrate when learning and practicing practical skills. Next time when you see your child making marks in the sand, they could be developing an early form of writing!
Or perhaps when you see them swap an object with another child, they are learning to share and negotiate with others. Hands-on play also offers many physical benefits, allowing your children to develop an awareness of their body and personal space whilst strengthening their muscle control.
Activities such as pouring, shovelling or drawing in the sand help build strength in the large muscle groups at the top of the arms and it is these muscles that then enable the smaller muscles in the hands and fingers to make precise and controlled movements. In messy play, children can play with tools to develop and practice their fine motor skills as well as their hand-eye coordination, until soon they can hold a pen or eat with a fork!
With messy play, we can teach them that you can make your own entertainment! Seeing, hearing, touching, tasting and smelling are all ways children learn to think, feel and compare their environment and the objects within it.
Using multiple senses at the same time stimulates learning and language development. Building relationships with others: When you child plays with a sibling or a friend, they will chatter along quite happily as they explore the messy materials and their senses are introducing new words into their vocabulary.
An opportunity to play alongside or together is a valuable social experience for your child. Learning how to share the workspace, equipment and experiences is an excellent skill to transfer into later life.
Friendships can be made in the messy play area. Children learn to cooperate with others. Messy play is a sociable activity whether you set up a play area at home or the children are taking part in a playgroup or child care setting. Relationships are formed through conversation and exploring. Children learn to trust others and cooperate with kindness. Cognitive development: Messy play for babies and children helps developing brains bridge nerve connections and assists children in learning differences and similarities.
The use of sensory material creates hands-on, self-directed and self-centred play, and it encourages discovery and development. This approach appeals to children who have different learning and thinking styles. It develops and enhances memory. Calming : Children who are agitated often calm when taking part in messy sensory play. Children engaged in sensory play often become absorbed in their activities. Playing outdoors or with sand, using scented candles to create a serene scent scape with supervision , and the sights and sounds of bubbles and water help distract upset children and promote mindfulness.
Fun: Messy play is a fun way to learn. Messy Play Kits reached out to me asking if I would like to check out some of their kits and I knew immediately they were going to be a huge hit with the kids. When the Under the Sea kit arrived, she was so excited.
Messy Play Kits sends you everything you need in order to set up your messy play experience, you just need a tub or tray to put it all on or in. I also loved that the Under the Sea Kit came with 4 different activities along with adaptations for each of those activities.
We made the moonsand beach first. I decided to use a cookie sheet so she could pretend it was a beach a little easier. It came with shells, but we also added some of our own. And Ellie loved that it came with ocean animals that she could play with too. The Ocean Bath was also a huge hit. This one was a huge hit with Ellie. Ben played with the Gardening Bin and also loved it.
I think his favorite thing was the worms that came with it. All of the kits and bins come with many great extension activity ideas and ways parents can facilitate all the development skills we talked about above. I also think these kits would be perfect to use in a classroom.
You could easily set them up as a messy play or sensory station, use as quiet time activities, transition activities etc. As as we talked above, messy play helps to build the skills you are already working on in your classroom.
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