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Flour Sensory Play

They usually pretend they are cooking fun dishes for guests. Most of the dishes they make are the same ones we eat home, their favorites. Sometimes they come up with such fun combinations and we talk about how it would taste. For example, noodles with chocolate .  This week, though, we used flour for sensory play inside our apartment.  Setting up: I put flour on two plates (one for each kid) and told them that would be their 'work station.' They enjoyed that name so much! My daughter said "now I'm at work like Papá !"  We discussed the following questions:  what color is it - qué color es? how the flour feels - cómo se siente la harina? what color is it - qué color es? que te parece la harina? - What do you think about the flour?  {my daughter said it's powdery} Then they poured water on the dough and began using their hands to mix it all together.  My two year old liked playing with the flour until he noticed it was sticking to his fingers.  My four y...