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Colorful Alphabet Sensory Bin

by Angela Thayer Leave a Comment

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon. See my disclosure policy for more details. Every child learning the alphabet should experience this colorful alphabet sensory bin! Children need lots of exposure to the alphabet to help them learn the letters. Sensory bins are so beneficial for children and adding this one to your classroom will be a big hit! Alphabet Bin Materials: plastic bin alphabet pasta food coloring rubbing alcohol plastic bags (or … [Read more...]

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Floating Flowers Sensory Bin

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Are you looking for a fun sensory bin for spring? Look no further because this floating flowers sensory bin is one your kids will love! Spring is the season for planting flowers, which inspired me to make this sensory bin. I love to use water as the base of sensory bins because it's easy, kids love it, and it's great for sensory processing skills. Here's what I used to create it: large container flat rocks, mosaic accents, or gems large faux flowers small faux flowers (I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sensory Play, Spring Tagged With: sensory bin

How to Dye White Beans for Sensory Play

by Angela Thayer 3 Comments

how to dye white beans for sensory play

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links to Amazon for your convenience. See my disclosure for more details. Sensory play is so important for kids! Not only does it stimulate the child's senses, but it also enhances learning through hands-on activities. It's a great way for children to explore the world they live in! We still do lots of sensory play even though my kids are getting older. They love it and it is great for imaginary play, fine motor, and emotional regulation. I just … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sensory Play Tagged With: sensory bin, sensory play

Spooky Noodles Sensory Activity

by Angela Thayer 10 Comments

Here's a super fun sensory activity that's great to do for Halloween or any time of the year! We LOVED playing with these soft, squishy noodles. All 3 of my boys enjoyed getting their hands in the noodles. And a few were eaten, too! These noodles are so much fun to hold and slip through your fingers! And tongs are super fun to use with them! Materials Needed: spaghetti noodles food coloring olive oil Ziploc bag Here's how you make … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Halloween, Sensory Play Tagged With: noodles, sensory bin, sensory play

Insect Sensory Bin

by Angela Thayer 6 Comments

insect sensory bin

I'm so excited to share with you our newest sensory bin! I was making some macaroni and cheese for my boys the other day and I realized the pasta shapes would make such a fun sensory bin! Thankfully, I had another box so I was able to quickly put together an insect sensory bin for my children to play with. Here's what you need to make this insect sensory bin: Back to Nature Crazy Bugs Macaroni & Cheese Box dry black beans plastic tub large Ziploc plastic bags about 3 … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Preschool, Sensory Play, Spring Activities, Summer Activities, Toddlers Tagged With: bugs and insect theme, insects, sensory bin

Ladybug Alphabet Matching Game

by Angela Thayer 1 Comment

ladybug sensory bin

Do you know what ladybugs like to eat? They love aphids! I created a ladybug and aphid activity to help kids match uppercase letters to lowercase letters. In this game, the ladybug will eat the "aphids" marked with an alphabet letter. The child will draw an aphid card from the pile and find the matching lowercase letter on the aphid on the printable. Color or mark the aphids as you find the matches! This activity that is geared towards preschoolers and kindergarteners. Here's what you need … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alphabet, Preschool, Spring Activities Tagged With: alphabet matching, ladybugs, sensory bin

If You Give a Toddler a Sensory Bin…

by Angela Thayer 5 Comments

If you have a toddler, you KNOW that they love to make messes! It doesn't really matter where they are are, they just love to take a part things, throw items, and get into cupboards that they know they aren't supposed to get into! Am I right??! While I was playing with my toddler the other day, I came up with a cheeky little story about what happens when you give a toddler a sensory bin. This story is similar to the book, If You Give a Mouse a Cookie. If you give a toddler a sensory bin, I … [Read more...]

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Arctic Animals Sensory Bin

by Angela Thayer 5 Comments

Disclosure: This post contains affiliate links. See my disclosure for details. We are just over-the-moon excited about our latest sensory bin! This Arctic Animal Sensory Bin is just SO much fun and I know your kids will love it, too! We have been learning about arctic animals in our preschool at home, so this went perfectly with our theme. To set it up, I filled a bin up of water and put a bowl inside of it. I didn't put too much water in the bin, just about 4 inches deep. I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Sensory Play, Winter Activities Tagged With: arctic animals, invitation to play, sensory bin

Halloween Sensory Bin

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

One of my favorite activities to put together for my kids is creating sensory bins for them to play with. This month, we created a Halloween sensory bin. My boys are loving it and play with it all the time! Here's what we used in our bin: large clear plastic bin dry black and white beans small Halloween-themed erasers (Target dollar section) glow-in-the-dark snakes and stretchy worms (Dollar Tree) Halloween vase with LED candle (Dollar Tree) balloon pumpkins (tutorial … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Fall Activities, Halloween, Sensory Play Tagged With: Halloween, invitation to play, sensory bin

Insect Sensory Bin and Alphabet Activity

by Angela Thayer 2 Comments

Spring is a great time to do an insect theme with preschoolers. We've done a lot of crafts and activities about insects in the past, but today I'm sharing our insect sensory bin with an alphabet activity. This post contains affiliate links. For more info on this, please see my disclosure policy. In this sensory bin, we used the following: ground coffee green felt plastic insects alphabet stickers gems shallow plastic bin I first glued green felt to the sides of the plastic … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Alphabet, Preschool, Sensory Play, Spring Activities Tagged With: bugs and insect theme, sensory bin

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