These scented water play activities are fun sensory play opportunities to try with preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids throughout the school year.
Young children love to play with water, and these scented water activities elevate that love to a new level! This adds a new level of engagement as the children play and learn.
You can incorporate the scented water ideas into a variety of thematic units and seasons, depending on your preference.
scented water activities for kids to try
The preschoolers and I integrated name learning with an apple water bin in preschool.
I’m sure the pomegranate-scented water play from Sugar Aunts smelled fresh and fruity!
This vanilla-scented water was used by The Imagination Tree to teach capacity.
Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails used lemon-scented ice cubes for a sensory-filled bath.
Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails, Sugar Aunts, and Small Potatoes each have their own twist to lavender water activities for kids to relax with.
Adding fresh or withered flowers, like Fantastic Fun and Learning, could add a nice scent to kids’ water play.
The Imagination Tree brought let her children use bits of the garden to create rosemary water.
Playdough to Plato shared how to make scented, fizzy bath bombs for mamas and kids.
My preschool students loved bringing the scent of spring into the classroom with a fun water bin that smelled of flowers.
Sugar Aunt’s calming water bead play would be great to wind down with at the end of a busy day.
Rose-scented water beads from Growing a Jeweled Rose made for fun Valentine-themed play.
Our coconut-scented water beads were such fun this summer!
What are the kiddos learning with scented water activities?
The children are engaging the majority of their senses with these activities – sight, touch, hearing, and smell. This gets their little bodies actively engaged in playing and learning.
They learn about volume, capacity, and measurement.
They learn and use vocabulary – pour, measure, transfer, evaporation, feels like, smells like, etc.
They learn about the states of matter – liquid, solid, and gas.
Do you have any favorite scented water activities for kids? I’m always up for new ideas to try at home and in the classroom!
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Hands-On Preschool Materials
It is super important that we keep our classrooms stocked with materials that will give our students the hands-on learning experiences that they love (and need!). There are a few specific things that I always keep on-hand in my classroom. Check them out in the list below.
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- Crayons
- Glue
- Blocks
- Puzzles
- Safety scissors
- Dramatic play items
- Math manipulatives
- Dry erase markers
- Sensory items
- Play dough
- Craft supplies
- Playground balls
- Music and movement tools
- Books, books, and more books!
When it comes to preschool, this list is really just skims the surface of the wide variety of materials that can be used. The best thing about this age group is that they learn the most while playing. So, whether they’re playing on the playground, building with blocks, or creating a masterpiece, rest assured that the children are learning so many important skills, all while having fun!
5 Senses Lesson Plans
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