Flower Sensory Tray

For the Flower sensory tray I went to the dollar store and bought some fake flowers and fern. I had been saving some of the seeds from fresh fruits and veggies that I had been making last week. Just rinse them and set them on the windowsill for a few days to dry out. The sensory tray is just a mud tray I found at Target. I introduced the Sensory tray by skimming Zinnia's Flower Garden which we read yesterday. And then I showed her what was on the tray to explore. You can use the sensory tray time to introduce vocabulary words and discuss texture and feeling words. Here is the coversation the Pea and Me had: The Pea: I smell it. Achoo! Me:What happened? The Pea: I smelled the flower so I sneezed. Me: Do you think flowers smell? The Pea: Yeah. They smell like dirt. Me: What do you think plants need? They need soil. More cereal. I need to water plants. I need a watering can. Then the Pea got really hung up on watering her flowers. She wanted a watering can to fill with water. I tried to convince her to use her fake pitcher from her play kitchen and pretend but she was not having it. And since she couldn't get her way she didn't want to play with the sensory tray any more! (Sigh) Kids... :)