Mummyfique Picks: Busy Tables

This time round, we tried their sensory thematic playgroup for a more structured session – it starts with an introduction to songs, rhymes and material to get the children settled, followed by two sensory activities with various materials related to the story of the week.

The theme for this month is Under Construction, so I thought Gordon would enjoy it since he loves his dump truck – but he was sick for the first two weeks so we could only join on the third.

During the introduction, Gordon stuck to me like glue and was cranky – I guess he was just trying to settle down and get used to the environment, but he wasn’t keen on the literacy material – maybe still too young?

Just when I thought Gordon was not having any of it, Teacher Ainul brought out a huge sensory bin for the first activity – and Gordon leapt off my lap! He had so much fun, he refused to leave the bin for the next activity, and made a big mess with the rice on the floor.

I apologised to Teacher Ainul for causing the mess, but she joked that they’re used to messes anyway! I loved her attentive stance, she pointed out that Gordon enjoyed playing with the texture of rice – and that’s true because he’s always loved the cassia and hawthorn seeds at indoor play areas!

The next activity was playing with cream! 

Teacher Ainul laid out a yellow mat and brought some materials out, Gordon saw her putting some colouring on the cream in the plate and he gestured her to help him add more into his plate – about a minute later, I had a cream-covered toddler massaging cream on his feet and applying it like body lotion.

The highlight for Gordon was definitely clean-up time! They made it fun by giving him a sea shell squirting toy and adding soap into a bowl of water, Gordon loves playing with water so he had so much fun that he spilled the bowl after washing his hands – it was the third mess Gordon made but the staff were still really nice and friendly while helping to clean up, thank you so much for being positive! 

If you’re wondering how much fun Gordon had, let’s just say he came home and had a solid three and a half hour nap after the session. I was so glad I brought him there.