11/05/2025
🍁 Sensory learning is all around us—especially in fall! 🍁
These visuals are a great reminder that kids use all of their sensory systems to explore, learn, and make sense of the world around them.
👀 Sight (Visual):
Children look at size, color, and shape. A fall leaf might be red and pointy or yellow and round—either way, their visual system is hard at work!
✋ Touch (Tactile):
Is the leaf soft, crunchy, bumpy, wet, or smooth? Touch helps children understand texture, temperature, pressure, and even pain.
👃 Smell (Olfactory):
Leaves might smell earthy, sweet, or spicy. Smell helps kids tell the difference between thousands of scents—strong, faint, pleasant, or not-so-pleasant!
👂 Sound (Auditory):
When a leaf rustles, crunches, or crumbles, kids are using their auditory system to listen, identify, and compare sounds.
💨 Movement (Vestibular & Proprioception):
When kids drop, blow, or toss their leaf and watch it twirl or flutter, they use movement and body awareness to understand how things travel through space.
🌡 Interoception:
Even the way they feel inside—excited, calm, cold, or warm—is part of the sensory experience!
🍂 Try a Fall Leaf Sensory Report!
Have kids describe and explore a leaf using their senses. It’s a hands-on, language-rich, science-filled activity that supports sensory development in a fun and natural way.
Learning doesn’t just happen at a desk—and fall gives us the perfect excuse to get outside and explore! 🍁✨
