Set-Up

[MissAnn]

You say drab. I say blank canvas!

Go buy cheap umbrellas. Diff colors. Hang them along wall. It will help w echo. I see floor pillows. Baskets of toys, colorful artwork the KIDS do. Hanging on the wall. I use shallow bins. Cake pans actually on my train table for sensory play. I use my water table in winter w various things. Bowls, tubes, containers.

Omg. I would harm a human for that room!!!

I'm not understanding how you would hang the umbrellas. Sounds cute.

[melilley]

I would hang real ones. In my opinion, the more real stuff in a child's world. The better.

I'd use screw hooks in the corners and just hang them from the brellas strings at handle.

Oh duh! I thought you meant on the wall, not the ceiling. Makes sense now.. Good idea!

[Lyss]

In my opinion, a sensory bin will get far more use than a dollhouse.


Sections, for coziness and keeping play focused.

For the sensory area maybe in the section near your table along the wall (not where the heating vent is! :. I think there may be baby dolls or something there, I can't really tell in the pic what they are.

I like sections because otherwise open space becomes a running zone with my group. my 'sections' are large but I divide them up so there isn't just one big room to run back and forth through.

Personally, unless its the plastic dolls, I hate doll houses because it means me dressing and redressing barbies or dolls.

Good luck! I love your space!

[MrsSteinel'sHouse]

I would move the house because I wouldn't want to deal with babies sensory bins- mine is not out all the time. I place it out at certain times of he dy. I have little ones who dump so I don't have it in my playroom. I place it on a plastic tablecloth on the kitchen floor.

[MsLaura529]

Personally, unless its the plastic dolls, I hate doll houses because it means me dressing and redressing barbies or dolls.

Good luck! I love your space!

Haha, yes ... I deal with this with my 3 yr old daughter right now, which is why I don't want it to be down here. BUt then I'll be running up and down the stairs on the weekends to deal with changing Barbies clothes up in her room haha.

I would move the house because I wouldn't want to deal with babies sensory bins- mine is not out all the time. I place it out at certain times of he dy. I have little ones who dump so I don't have it in my playroom. I place it on a plastic tablecloth on the kitchen floor.

That's a great idea, too! The entry of the daycare is actually our large foyer ... I could lay down a table cloth and do some sensory bins in there.