https://www.messyadventures.ie/blog daily 0.75 2024-12-19 https://www.messyadventures.ie/blog/blog-post-title-one-5678m monthly 0.5 2024-12-17 https://www.messyadventures.ie/blog/blog-post-title-two-s8enf monthly 0.5 2024-12-17 https://www.messyadventures.ie/home daily 0.75 2025-05-08 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/1624373320620-8DXGGC2DE3VF909BNM6I/Coloured+rice+in+wooden+tray.jpg Sensory play https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/f5860d9b-be1e-4142-9d50-d8dc75e08095/Baby-sensory-class-Dublin.jpg Sensory play - Who are classes suitable for? Our classes are suitable for babies from six months to five years old. With purposeful resources, each carefully hand-picked or homemade, we ensure that every session is designed to stimulate all seven senses: sight, sound, taste, smell, touch, Vestibular and proprioception.. Meticulous cleaning and edible resources means that children can safely explore and parents or carers can enjoy and encourage their little ones without worry. Afterall, oral exploration is a natural and important part of development in babies and toddlers. With this in mind, all of our products are food based and our “mess” is all taste safe. These freshly made materials are provided in all of our classes, meaning that you can turn up, get messy and enjoy. Our main exploration area is made up of four messy play stations and two different water stations. All of which have been specifically designed around an exciting new theme each week. In addition to our themed trays, we have a separate sensory area as well as a further stations, which focus on the development of both fine and gross motor skills. Therefore, there is plenty of space and ample resources for children to explore, play and learn. We promote a mixed age group as we believe there are many benefits in these precious early years. Research shows that playing with older children enhances cognitive, language and motor development because our younger babies are able to observe and imitate the older children, building their confidence and developing their new skills. Furthermore, our toddlers and pre-school children can feel a sense of achievement, as they are given the opportunity to take on this leadership role, all of which encourages empathy, creativity and kindness – important skills for little ones to develop. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/0d53ad8f-ab9c-4e4a-aed2-a4e5bfdcf518/Messy+Adventures092722_799.jpg Sensory play - Why is messy/ sensory play important and how does it help development? Sensory and messy play plays an important role in helping babies and children to understand their senses and to explore the world around them. Nurturing an awareness of their bodies and their surroundings is crucial for their cognitive and creative development. In addition, messy play promotes physical development, as it encourages children to practise their fine and gross motor skills as well as their hand eye coordination. Children are given the opportunity to explore their senses by using their whole bodies and development these movements. Our classes allow parents and carers to play one-on-one with their children, modelling positive play. However, messy play also encourages children to learn how to play independently as well as with other children. All vital skills for their development. Children enjoy exploring textures and getting messy and they can do so in a safe and controlled environment. We pride ourselves in providing classes which are fully inclusive and we warmly welcome all babies & children who want to explore with us at Messy Play. https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/a0d28f72-e99f-4409-b3ac-35c61e6c6a27/Messy+Adventures092722_793.jpg Sensory play https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/2ef1f948-a9cd-426a-ba85-6b89eb2c9893/Messy+Adventures092722_766.jpg Sensory play https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/7a2a67ae-a78b-4c14-bcdf-e4fbc40edf1e/Messy+Adventures092722_761.jpg Sensory play https://www.messyadventures.ie/contact daily 0.75 2024-12-18 https://www.messyadventures.ie/about daily 0.75 2024-12-20 https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/951b2918-2eb0-41ad-917c-75684338deb2/c22d5a4c-b174-4c6e-90d3-657a0703a7d5.jpg About Children playing in tuff tray_messy play construction diggers https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/d6217b94-6e76-4524-83f2-46b0fbed2607/Girl+at+the+hairdressers+two.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/c11703bf-1255-4c1f-a838-aecb4210cff0/Messy+Adventures092722_754.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/1c6ba573-0692-4c39-a1b6-da2f1dbd7520/Messy+Adventures092722_782.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/4c4061a4-24ab-4253-b564-25ba06878305/Little+girl+with+sweetie+jar+role+play.JPG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/6aa383f8-d685-4eae-9c87-46a1c07b1cba/Berries.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/644ba87e-14f9-4e89-85dc-cddaa06c66e0/Snow+tuff+tray.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/1df7426b-d8ee-4145-bb4e-cd9a18612e2a/Three+girls+in+the+hairdressers.JPG About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/df49dbb5-2997-4866-ac1d-2228fb61b7f8/Overhead+shot+of+role+play.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/1623866191662-447QBQ05HG0TWHLTBFEP/Women+laughing.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/0b8957d6-2e5d-40d9-bfe4-fd175cc3a266/Twins+with+mum.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/1623873659693-F19BRY626C7JDKZAVIZ7/Gloop+pots+Landscape+-+Resize.jpg About https://images.squarespace-cdn.com/content/v1/60c8b4ec3042412e7c20188a/c3378e47-9593-443f-bb80-2607743f6dbf/Family+Shot.jpg About My story… I am Louise the owner of Messy Adventures, mother to two beautiful girls. I attended several baby and toddler classes with my first daughter and although we enjoyed them it was the ones involving messy play that were always the favourite. The freedom and learning opportunities for both of us were immeasurable. Each session was structured to a particular theme though allowed us to explore in any way we wanted. Benefits included meeting other parents and children within the local community. After Imaginosity closed we really missed the opportunity to enjoy play with others. The Role Play Village was designed for children to have a unique opportunity to use their imagination and creativity. I have carried out extensive research on what the impact of being a new mother, father or carer has on individuals; it is clear that over 60% of new parents / carers in Ireland reported to have felt lonely after having children. This spurred me on to develop programs that would allow families to build stronger bonds with their children, children to interact with each other in a sensory environment, whatever their ability and the adults to meet other like minded parents/ carers and hopefully form friends for life. My family moved to Ireland from the UK early in 2018. I was fortunate to be employed in retail, working on some innovative projects, including delivering organised events for children. I developed Messy Adventures because I want to share my passion and enthusiasm for child-led play with as many people as possible. 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