{"id":40966,"date":"2023-12-22T12:15:30","date_gmt":"2023-12-22T12:15:30","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/?post_type=activity&#038;p=40966"},"modified":"2025-04-11T09:54:36","modified_gmt":"2025-04-11T08:54:36","slug":"edible-sand","status":"publish","type":"activity","link":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/activities\/edible-sand\/","title":{"rendered":"Edible sand"},"content":{"rendered":"\n\t<div class=\"wp-block-hs-group    clearfix\">\t\t<div class=\"acf-innerblocks-container\">\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-7-587x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A boy looks closely at dried cereal in a tray\" class=\"wp-image-40968\" width=\"294\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-7-587x1024.jpg 587w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-7-459x800.jpg 459w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-7-768x1340.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-7-881x1536.jpg 881w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-7-1174x2048.jpg 1174w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-7-917x1600.jpg 917w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-7-600x1047.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-7-scaled.jpg 1468w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 294px) 100vw, 294px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">What you will need<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Multigrain cereal shapes<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Zip lock plastic bag<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Rolling pin<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Plastic bowl\/tray<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Toys to explore the sand<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n<\/div>\n\t<\/div>\n\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Getting started<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\">\n<li>Together with your child\/young person, hold and feel the cereal box, its shape and size. Shake the box together with your child\/young person to listen to the sound and feel the movement of the cereal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Open the box together, feel the difference between the cardboard box and the internal bag.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore the internal bag by squashing, squeezing, shaking, pulling. You can use different body parts to do this such as hands, feet, arms, elbows or legs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage the young person to open the bag, with support if needed, working together to pull the bag open or using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/information-and-advice\/communication\/hand-under-hand-signing\/\">hand under hand support<\/a>.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Exploring the cereal<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-1-614x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A boy holds a bag full of cereal\" class=\"wp-image-40972\" width=\"307\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-1-614x1024.jpg 614w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-1-480x800.jpg 480w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-1-768x1281.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-1-921x1536.jpg 921w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-1-1228x2048.jpg 1228w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-1-959x1600.jpg 959w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-1-600x1001.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-1-scaled.jpg 1535w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 307px) 100vw, 307px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"5\">\n<li>Talk using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/information-and-advice\/communication\/\">appropriate communication methods<\/a> about the smell: familiar\/unfamiliar, nice\/ nasty.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Talk using <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/information-and-advice\/communication\/\">appropriate communication methods<\/a> about the smell: familiar\/unfamiliar, nice\/ nasty.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>To explore the cereal you can support the child\/young person to explore with guidance and ideas, or through coactive exploration and <a href=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/information-and-advice\/communication\/hand-under-hand-signing\/\">hand under hand support<\/a>. <br><br>If the young person does not like to touch use a clear bag, gloves or encourage the child to observe you through vision, sound or through hand under hand support where the child\/young person\u2019s hand do not make contact with the cereal directly.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Encourage them to reach inside to feel the size and the shape of the cereal.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Pour some Cheerios, with a shallow tray underneath their hand or on their table tray. Talk about the sounds they hear and smell.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Explore the cereal on the tray or in their hands. Introduce key words\/signs through discussion<ul><li>Are they hard\/soft?<\/li><\/ul>\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Do you like the feel\/taste\/smell?<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Using a rolling pin encourage the young person to bash, roll and squeeze the cereal into crumbs.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Try pouring the sand over their hands an exploring using cups, scoops, tubes, sieves.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Use toys to explore the sand buy pouring, pushing, banging, rolling etc.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">To finish<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image alignright size-large is-resized\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-3-607x1024.jpg\" alt=\"A boy plays with dried cereal in his hands\" class=\"wp-image-40970\" width=\"304\" height=\"512\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-3-607x1024.jpg 607w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-3-474x800.jpg 474w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-3-768x1295.jpg 768w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-3-911x1536.jpg 911w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-3-1214x2048.jpg 1214w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-3-949x1600.jpg 949w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-3-600x1012.jpg 600w, https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/12\/Edible-Sand-3-scaled.jpg 1518w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 304px) 100vw, 304px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" type=\"1\" start=\"8\">\n<li>Recall the activity by recounting what you did. Compare the whole cereal to the sand exploring the two different textures\/sizes.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Recap what actions and movements you did to make the sand.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Does the child\/young person prefer the whole cereal or the sand?<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Make sweeping up part of the fun and support the child\/young person to help.<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Finally enjoy licking your fingers!<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Hold, feel and explore a box of cereal.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","format":[],"activity_cats":[],"location":[],"interest":[],"class_list":["post-40966","activity","type-activity","status-publish","hentry"],"acf":{"geolocation":null,"display_address":"","short_location_description":""},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/40966","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/activity"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity\/40966\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=40966"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"activity_cats","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/activity_cats?post=40966"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=40966"},{"taxonomy":"interest","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/interest?post=40966"},{"taxonomy":"format","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.sense.org.uk\/cy\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/format?post=40966"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}