As they add more and more gel to the balls the mix will become stickier and provide much amusement as the beads begin to stick to hair and hands. If you would like to see more sensory play activities why not join my free Empowered Educator Facebook Community or follow my Sensory Activities Pinterest board. You will see the mixture begin to froth and bubble – if it looks as though it will overflow just open the door for a minute, give quick stir and then keep going.

Mix well – this is a wonderful colour mixing and naming activity for the children to take part in so try and involve them in the preparation process if you can. They only require a few basic ingredients and the children can usually join in the process of making the slime as well. Mix all the ingredients together with your hands until the mixture no longer sticks to your fingers. To turn the mixture into slime, just take the play dough with you in the bath tub or add 1 to 2 tablespoons of water.Add a bowl of plastic syringes or eyedroppers for older children to practice drawing up the slime then squirting it out. She has 30 years hands-on experience in the early childhood and human services sectors across many different roles.

Pour into a few different trays placed on the grass and help older babies and toddlers walk through the slime or go stomping in slimy puddles! This recipe is made without glue/borax/ enter crazy ingredient here or any of those other strange ideas I’ve been reading about online.

Pour the packet of sago into a large bowl and pour in enough tepid water to just cover the sago balls – you don't want to much water. By watching carefully as it cooks and taking your bowl out to check you can actually make 2 different slimes – 1 a little more sticky and sort of runny and the other a firmer rubbery gel which is perfect for stretching (and better for those children who dislike messy, sticky hands) I ended up making 2 batches of each version.

You will probably find the spoons get left behind pretty quickly as they can't resist getting those hands in there to start squishing and kneading! Sensory play obviously doesn't alwaysneed to include messy play but it's certainly a bonus and can help with sensory processing as they grow – along with many other important learning and developmental outcomes. For a firmer, blubbery type slime – Microwave for suggested time and add a little more powder to the recipe if you need to after you try your first batch. Mix together using the whisks or beater and then I like to leave overnight or at least for a few hours as the mix will go beautifully thick and this way you can tell if you need to add more water or more flakes to get the consistency you desire.Cut up different sized and coloured kitchen sponges and scourers and encourage children to squish, create patterns and paint with the slime.

The slimy, gooey texture is fantastic for fingerpainting and mark making – especially if used on a table or tray surface. For babies add balls of the slime to a tray placed on the ground so they can reach, grasp and squish.As you start to knead the dough it will first go sticky and slimey and then it will go gooey and stringy.