Sensory Play: Rice

Well, with the cold weather yesterday (and continuing today), I thought I'd finally let Emily experiment with rice.  A few other moms had mentioned how much fun their kids have with it, but to be honest, I was terrified! First, rice is messy. It gets everywhere. Second, their kids are a lot....calmer...than Emily. Yesterday turned out to be perfect; I had less than a cup of rice left, the floor needed sweeping anyways, and Emily was a bit bored. Turns out that she loved it! She sat still for over a half hour just moving the rice around, pouring it out, and feeling it with her fingers! Success! Half of it ended up on the floor, in her clothes, or in her diaper (!) but I was expecting that. Overall, it was very fun, although I'm still finding grains of rice on the floor! Here are some pics from the experience: