NKTBGPF011 | Mini Market Mania: Touch, Feel & Sort the Market
By Dr. Rajeev Tamhankar and Riddhi Chincholikar
Mini Market Mania is an interactive and sensory-rich activity where children explore different textures, shapes, and sizes of various market items. They engage in sorting, identifying, and categorizing fruits, vegetables, and other grocery items, enhancing their tactile senses and early cognitive skills.
- Set up a mini market using baskets or trays filled with toy or real fruits, vegetables, and packaged goods.
- Encourage the child to touch and feel each item, describing its texture (smooth, rough, bumpy, etc.).
- Guide them to sort the items into categories like color, size, or type (fruits vs. vegetables, soft vs. hard).
- Ask them to name each item and talk about its use in daily life.
- Introduce a pretend-play shopping experience where they can “buy” and “sell” items.
- Enhances sensory development by exposing children to different textures.
- Improves sorting and classification skills through hands-on learning.
- Encourages early math concepts like grouping and comparing.
- Boosts communication and vocabulary as children describe the items.
- Promotes imaginative play and role-playing skills.
- Use a variety of textures like smooth apples, rough coconuts, soft bread, and crinkly packaging.
- Introduce real or toy money for a pretend shopping experience.
- Let children guess the items blindfolded to enhance their sense of touch.
- Keep the activity engaging by rotating items weekly to introduce new textures and categories.
- Toy or real fruits, vegetables, and grocery items.
- Baskets or trays for sorting.
- Labels or flashcards with item names.
- Play money (optional).
- A small table or designated area for the “mini market.”
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