Making a sensory collage with your child makes more a great chance to chat about textures they find interesting. Your little one is more likely to communicate with you about something that interests them.
Watch how this family do it in the video below.
How following your child's lead helps them learn
It helps them to:
- Learn the words for things that interest them
- Learn to link the words they hear to their meanings
Using a texture book will help your child get to know what words like 'sticky', 'prickly', 'silky' and 'fluffy' actually feel like against their skin, even if they’re not able to verbally communicate what they’re experiencing, liking or disliking yet. As they choose different items and feel them, name them and describe them to them using the words for textures.
