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Last week a reader asked me a question about sensory play that I didn’t have an answer to. YIKES. Luckily I have no problem admitting that I don’t know everything (don’t tell Hubs). 
I quickly brought the question to my Facebook Page and my brilliant readers came to this readers rescue with ideas that deserved to be passed on.
The Question
“My daughter will be 2 June 11th, here in a couple weeks and she LOVES playing outside and has no problem with that, but when it comes to getting dirty with paints, food, and things like that, she gets freaked out. Is that normal? Is that a phase that goes away? It makes it REALLY difficult when I want to do finger painting and things of that nature so I was just wondering if you had any advice. Thanks so much!”
The Answers
To see the answer click on over to the Facebook thread and read away. (Click “like” while you’re there… we have all kinds of fun!)
For my niece Little J the answer was as easy as switching out those cute sandals for some sneakers. (She doesn’t like the way the dirt feels on her feet.)
How do you ease your sensitive kid into sensory play?
I had a child who did not like to get their hands dirty. We did a science project making goo. Its corn starch and water and any color food coloring it is liquid but if you hit it hard its a solid and you can make balls but once you stop movement it turns back to liquid. She did not like to get dirty at all. So I gave her reassurance and allowed her to wash her hands as many times as she wanted and after about 6times she stayed and played with the goo and did so for over 30 min.s her parents were so surprise by this. So I say let them wash as many times and know that it will come off and they will enjoy playing in the mud soon.
What an awesome teacher you are! I’m sure that letting her know she could clean up whenever she wanted made her feel so safe to get messy.