Since it began in 2008, International Mud Day celebrations happen all over the world on June 29 to connect children to the earth and discover the messy joy of playing with mud.
When you’re outside after a rainy day, try helping your child make handprints or footprints in the mud. If the feeling of wet, grainy dirt is a new, sensory experience for your child, use hand under hand to introduce this natural texture, and have a towel or wipe handy for clean-up.
You can even put some mud into a Ziploc bag and let your child squish the bag.
Scoop up some mud from outside and with a paintbrush or your fingers paint with mud on a piece of paper or the sidewalk.
Read a “dirty” book together like Mud by Mary Lyn Ray or Stuck in the Mud by Jane E. Clarke.
Gardening is a way to experience how plants grow in dirt. Try an easy gardening project like growing seeds in a container with some of these ideas HERE.