When you think about change, what does it mean to you? What about in terms of re-purposing an item or changing an item altogether so that it can be used as something completely different? While I’m usually not one for change (ask anyone that knows me) I absolutely LOVE re-purposing materials and items to make them kid-friendly.
Last night, while I was doing my monthly trip to Dollar Tree, these scouring pads (which I found in the cleaning aisle) totally caught my eye. Bold colors, an awesome scratchy texture…these things were screaming sensory and I just had to have them. They were rather large, and I didn’t necessarily want to put them into the sensory bin as is, so off to the paper cutter they went.
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Tiny buckets and mini shovels were playful additions to the bin and were used for scooping, pouring, and dumping. This literally kept my toddlers busy all morning long.
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Then, just as I thought the activity was wrapping up, the whole thing expanded into imaginative play when my three year old asked to add a few boats to the mix. And before we knew it, a fleet of tiny boats had set sail into the sea of brightly, colored squares.
