Tracing and Writing in Salt has consistently been a favorite sensory learning activity in our homeschooling. In the preschool years, it has been a fantastic sensory experience for my little learners.
Of course, they enjoy freely scribbling or drawing in the salt. This can be very calming for little ones while also serving as excellent prewriting practice for them.
In addition to freely exploring, they’ve also liked practicing their letters and numbers this way.
As your little learners grows you can begin to extend this activity to include CVC words and sight word practice.
We have used many of the flashcards from this Sensory Flashcard Set to place in salt (or sugar) and use for tracing!
If you feel your child would benefit from having small flashcards to guide them, these have been a lot of fun. Super colorful and engaging!