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