Sunday, April 3, 2011

Spring Sensory Bin - Ducks and Bunnies and Eggs - Oh My!

We're so excited that spring is around the corner. (yes, here in the North it is still in the 30's - supposed to be 55 tomorrow though!). So we are celebrating spring for the entire month of April - with a different focus each week.

I just finished this months sensory bin (we will be changing some items each week)


The spring sensory bin (ducks and bunnies and eggs, oh my edition) includes:
                   Easter basket "grass"
                   Easter Egg Gel Clings (around all sides of bin)
                   Pastel "see through" plastic Easter eggs
                   "chocolate" plastic easter eggs
                   Multi-color spiny balls
                   Squeaky/squirter frogs and duck
                   Stuffed ducks/bunnies in varying sizes
                   Multi-color clips

Sensory Bin Activites
           Explore/ find the ?  (sight & touch)
           Play with gel clings (touch, motor skills)

            Put the ? color clip on the ducks ?  (Color and body part recognition, fine motor skills)                  


            Color Matching, Fine Motor Skills, sound, & taste:
                  Open and close eggs,
                  Match spiny ball color to egg color and put in.
                  Some Chocolate eggs have M&M's, shake to figure out which ones have M&M's and eat!


               Some frogs squeak others have water in them - squeeze to find out which!


          Just for fun / just inevitable:  throw sparkly "grass" up in air to simulate "April Showers".

We'll be changing it up a bit each week  as we will be doing insects & rainbows, and planting and gardening weeks.

Let me know what you think or if you have any ideas for the weeks coming up.

Thanks

Kerry

5 comments:

  1. How fun! This will be perfect for our Easter week!

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  2. Hi, I'm visiting from Tot School. Thanks for the great ideas. These bins will be so fun for my daughter!

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  3. Very cute~ I liked how you matched the balls with the eggs. I am trying to put together our Easter bin tonight. Thanks for the ideas.

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