Podcast 2

In the podcast, Brianna interviews her roommates, Lauren and Pacey, about the benefits of slime for children. Pacey explains that slime supports cognitive development, motor skills, social needs, and mental health. It also engages children's sense of touch and helps build nerve connections in the brain. Lauren shares her experience of making slime in elementary school as a fun activity, and Pacey mentions how teachers used slime to help students concentrate on lessons. They agree that slime can be a great sensory toy for all ages and can even be used as a learning tool. Lauren adds that she still enjoys playing with sensory toys and even started a business selling slime. They conclude by discussing the different ways children can engage with slime and the lessons it can teach about trial and error. Hi, I'm Brianna, and on today's podcast, I'll be interviewing my two roommates, Lauren and Pacey. Hi. Hi. And we'll be talking about SLIME and how it is very beneficial to children. So, Pacey, why do you think it's beneficial? I think SLIME is beneficial because it supports children's cognitive development, motor skills, social needs, and their mental health. I also think that kids are engaging their sense of touch. For many kids, SLIME can be relaxing, calming, and a fun activity. It also helps build nerve connections to the brain, encouraging the development of language and motor skills. So those are some great benefits. Another thing I would say is I think that SLIME could be a great lesson because kids have to have the right ingredients and follow the instructions to put it together and have to measure things out. So it could be a fun little lesson. Lauren, how did you use SLIME in elementary school? In elementary school, we made SLIME as a fun activity one time as a reward, and we used the ingredients and put them together, and we also made Oobleck, and we just played with it. I don't know. It was just really fun. I'd go home after school, and I'd make it again, and then I'd sit at home and play with it. Okay, Pacey, how did you use SLIME in elementary school? So carefully mixing the right combination of ingredients, they make the perfect batch of SLIME. And my teachers always told us that this is a great way to learn because busy in the hands of the brain to concentrate on other things, including listening to instructions and lessons. So we would always make SLIME, and our teacher would give it to us either for a reward or an important lesson that we were learning because it would help us concentrate on that. But she would also take it away from us if we used it for other things or weren't paying attention. Yeah, I totally agree. I think that if I was a teacher and did this lesson to my elementary students, I think it would be a great way to keep the kids concentrated. And I feel like it also works for any age because, I mean, people always need sensory toys to keep them focused. Lauren, do you have anything to add on? No, I just like really playing with sensory toys a lot. I still buy them to this day. Adding on, I think SLIME is a really good thing to learn, even in school. So when you go home and you're bored, you can just get the ingredients and make it yourself. That's what I'd do after school. I actually started to make a business out of it where I would sell my SLIME and make money. Yeah, and there's also different ways that children can get engaged with making SLIME since there's so many different ways that you can make it. It's kind of like also can be like a trial and error thing to see like, oh, you messed up the first time, but if you try it again, you might get it that time. So I feel like it's also kind of like a lesson there. Yeah, no, I totally agree with that. So that's the end of our podcast about SLIME. Thanks for listening.