Easter or Spring Sensory Bin

I have had the items for this bin for a while.  I just picked up a few things here and there - mostly at the $1 Spot at Target.  Once again the kids really enjoyed it.  I had enough to make two bins so they could all do it.

Items we used:

Blue and purple Easter grass

Mini plastic eggs

Pom poms

Easter themed erasers - big and small

Prickly pom poms (I don't know the technical term)

2 big plastic eggs with "jumping" bunnies inside

Pretty sparkled foam stickers

I also placed small bowls and ice cube trays for sorting.  I gave them plastic spoons and tongs to use as well.

Demonstrating the jumping frogs

Some Ideas to do:

• Have them find all of the hidden items.
• Sort pom poms in ice cube trays by color. 
• Hide items in mini plastic eggs - can also put matching color of pom poms into plastic eggs.
• Sort items with like items
• Make patterns with the items
• Or just play!

My kids have loved these bins.  We pulled this one out early and I plan to keep it handy to play with for a while.

Other Easter Sensory Bin Ideas:

Weiser Academy
The Moffat Girls
1+1+1=1

St. Patrick's Day Sensory Bin - Preschool Activity

If you don't know much about sensory bins, take a few minutes to read this - Montessori Minute - Sensory Activities.   I am not an expert but I have been trying them out.  This week we are doing a St. Patrick's Day Sensory Bin.

Included in our bin:

• Green Easter basket grass 
• Green St. Patrick's Day straws with  the 4 leaf clover on them.  I took these apart and cut up the green straws to put in them.
• Green counting bears
• Plastic bugs

We used the tongs to find things in the bin and take them out and sort them into separate containers.  We also used our hands.

The kids wanted to close the bin and turn it upside down to make it easier to spot where objects where.  Then they plotted out how to get them.

They really enjoyed this bin.  My older son stopped his math (shocking) to play with his little sister.  They took the bugs out and played with them separately.  I am going to try it with my 2 year old more tomorrow.  Today he just seemed to want to throw the grass.

Where I bought the stuff:

I used a plastic shoe box that we already had to hold everything.

I bought the rest at Target - green Easter grass, plastic bugs (in the $1 bins), St. Patrick Day's straws.  We already had the counting bears.

There you have it, an easy St. Patty's Day sensory bin.