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Sensory Babies week 4

Mon, 20 Mar 2023 14:09:29 GMT

Sensory Babies Secret Garden - week 4's Theme!

How many gentle flowers grow in an English country garden?

Well our own little petals started our secret garden week with a rowing activity to strengthen those neck muscles and that core- once we were nice and warmed up, our sensory babies explored Astro-turf texture while playing with our Pom-pom flowers, allowing those little hand muscles to squeeze and release and those little toes to wriggle in the grass.

Visually they watched inflatable bunnies hopping around them and joined in with classic nursery rhyme “hop little bunnies”- which worked those core and neck muscles again while building rhyme and rhythm and building on linguistic pathways. Rhythm and tempo were also then explored using our animal themed castanets which were a brand new sound experience for some of our little ones.

Our babies were very excited to have their hands tickled by real life daffodils! This natural resource introduced the heuristic play concept to parents, encouraging them to look for other “non-toy” resources for babies to explore at home and continue into toddlerhood for more opportunities for imaginative, open ended play. They also loved the smell and feel of the petals on their tiny palms.

Pastel colour balloons and bubbles floated around babies for an extra visual treat- the babies were fascinated by the reflections and the way the gravity concept doesn’t seem to apply.

The session ended as our lovely tickly parachute acted like “rain” falling down on our little babies after their secret garden adventure.

After all that hard work, our little bunnies were all ready for a nap- sleep tight little ones ��

Sensory Babies week 3

Wed, 15 Mar 2023 17:44:59 GMT

Our sensory babies went over the rainbow last Thursday where they learned baby sign for different colours, got those eye muscles working with our lovely rainbow ribbons and explored the cause and effect concept with our lovely bright coloured xylophone.

Babies laid under the multi-coloured parachute and chased our lovely primary coloured beach ball around, watching beautiful reflective bubbles fall around them.

Babies only see black and white as newborns with their eyes quickly developing to take in the lovely bright primary colours found in our play space this week, usually showing a preference for yellow and red initially.

Hannah also introduced the concept of single colour sensory play this week- encouraging parents to take a coloured back drop and find household items and toys to match. This improves baby’s focus and depth perception as well as being able to introduce colour vocabulary. Let us know if you give it a go!

Sensory Babies Week 2 - World Book Day!

Tue, 07 Mar 2023 11:30:00 GMT

Week two fell on World Book Day!

Where we had lots of snuggly fun reading together. The babies loved the lift the flap books and the lovely textured pages kept our crawlers interested. By the age of one your baby has every individual sound in their repertoire to speak their native language- how incredible is that?! Reading to them is a fantastic way of expanding their vocabulary, allowing baby to hear lots of different sounds and words and encourages literacy from the youngest age possible.

Our lovely jingle bells made an appearance, building on that cause and effect concept introduced weekly and our little ones enjoyed the lovely chiffon scarfs- playing peekaboo and encouraging those eye muscles to track and follow the lovely bright colours!

We also experimented with smelling lovely fresh rosemary sprigs- some babies loved this while others weren’t so keen! Babies have their likes and dislikes just like us, but if your baby does enjoy rosemary scents, this is supposed to encourage concentration, focus and and relaxation!

Sensory Babies 23rd February 2023

Fri, 24 Feb 2023 19:03:43 GMT

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A brand new term for our sensory babies started on Thursday 23rd February!

Lots of bouncing fun was had as parents lifted babies high into the air encouraging strength in their core and necks and making them giggle too!

Shiny reflective foil Pom-poms created visual interest while babies explored the concept of “cause and effect” with shakers while enjoying the natural rhythm and tempo.

Our little ones were absolutely gripped by our little puppet show- soft toys popping up behind a makeshift screen kept them entertained while their brains processed the concept of object permanence- a very simple one for our parents to emulate at home!

We relaxed after all this hard work on their developing brains with reflective floaty bubbles and some classical music- proven to relax newborn’s respiratory and heart rates and also fantastic for baby’s brain development due to the structure and composition as they grow- enjoying a final lie down under our starry night sky parachute to end the structured session.

Why not pop some calming classical music on for your little one this week? Let us know their reaction!

Why not check out our video on Instagram - @magic_sensory

Friday Meet-Greet-Explore session

Sun, 05 Feb 2023 21:50:29 GMT

Our Friday session this week, was the first session with the new Bubble wall & they all loved the experience, adding another dimension of Sensory!

Darcy's 6th birthday party

Sun, 29 Jan 2023 15:38:17 GMT

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Coming soon the Interactive Bubble Wall!

Sun, 22 Jan 2023 14:22:54 GMT

Our new Bubble Wall will be added to the venue in February 2023!

Calming bubbles and colours to engage with, a quiet vibration, interactive buttons, this will be a beautiful addition to Sensory Magic!

Sensory Babies Space Theme

Thu, 19 Jan 2023 18:14:22 GMT

Today our little ones experienced, lots of textures and visual aids related to Space, we had our space disc in the wall projector!

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