Sensory Play
Sensory Play
Sensory play equipment supports exploration, interaction and creativity within outdoor playground environments. Caloo supplies sensory play equipment for schools, nurseries, parks and community spaces, helping to create engaging outdoor areas that encourage children to interact through touch, sound and shared activity.
Sensory play features are commonly included within early years playgrounds and inclusive play spaces, offering an alternative style of play that complements more physical equipment. Caloo works with schools and councils to integrate sensory play equipment into balanced playground layouts that support a wide range of users.
What Is Sensory Play?
Sensory play focuses on encouraging interaction through tactile, auditory and interactive elements. In outdoor playgrounds, sensory play equipment provides features that invite exploration, creativity and engagement within shared play spaces.
Sensory play equipment is often used alongside other playground features to create varied play environments that offer different ways to interact with outdoor spaces.
Supporting Sensory Play in Outdoor Environments
Sensory play equipment helps schools and councils create playgrounds that encourage exploration and interaction. These features are particularly suited to early years settings and inclusive playgrounds, offering play experiences that complement climbing, swinging and movement-based equipment.
By incorporating sensory elements, playgrounds can provide a broader range of play opportunities within the same outdoor space.
Sensory Play Equipment Categories
Caloo supplies a range of sensory play equipment designed to suit different playground environments and user needs.
Sensory play categories include:
- Mud Kitchens
- Water and Sand Play
- Performance and Music
Each category offers sensory-focused equipment that can be integrated into wider playground layouts.
Sensory Play and Inclusive Playground Design
Sensory play equipment is often used as part of inclusive playground design, supporting shared play experiences that can be enjoyed by children of different abilities. Sensory features are commonly integrated alongside accessible equipment to help create balanced and inclusive outdoor play environments.
Integrated Playground Design and Installation
Caloo provides a free play space design service to support the integration of sensory play equipment into new or existing playgrounds. This service ensures sensory features are positioned effectively alongside other playground equipment to create well-planned and engaging play spaces.
From initial design through to installation, Caloo delivers a complete playground equipment solution.
Experience Delivering Sensory Play Projects
Caloo has delivered playground projects across the UK that include sensory play installations for schools and local authorities. Each project is planned around site requirements, user needs and long-term durability to ensure sensory play equipment remains suitable for ongoing outdoor use.
Frequently Asked Questions
Sensory play equipment is used to encourage interaction through touch, sound and exploration within outdoor play environments.
Sensory play equipment is suitable for schools, nurseries, parks and community playgrounds.
Yes. Sensory play equipment is commonly used within inclusive playgrounds to support shared play experiences.
Yes. Sensory play equipment can be added as part of a playground upgrade. Caloo provides design support to help plan layouts effectively.
Yes. Caloo supplies and installs sensory play equipment as part of its complete playground equipment service.