Sensory Bins for Preschoolers and Toddlers

I thought I would share Sensory Bins for Preschoolers and Toddlers with you. I shared Busy Bags the other day. Learning doesn’t have to come from schoolbooks only. I would like to let you know even though most people use Sensory Bins for Preschoolers and Toddlers you could use Sensory Bins for older children as well.

When I make the Back-to-School Sensory Bin for Jason, Lily and Payton I plan on putting a Sensory Bin for Charlie. I can include new books, toys and supplies Charlie would need to do his homework at home with. Along with a note for school’

Are you ready to lean about Sensory Boards and why they are important? When observing a young toddler exploring their environment they look at, touch, smell, and taste just about anything they come in contact with- this is how they learn. When their senses are stimulated, messages are sent to their brain which builds pathways that are needed for future learning.

The simplest definition are items pertaining to a certain theme kept in a contained area such as a storage container. Inside your sensory bin would be one of the following items craft sand, birdseed, rice or water! The container should be large enough to let your child explore without having the filler spill out of the container.

Sensory bins are awesome hands-on tools for children to learn about their world and their senses! Sensory play may calm a child, focus a child, and engage a child. If I was making one for Charlie, I would use it to calm him down and to help keep him focused. My nieces and nephews do not have learning disabilities so for them it would just be another way to teach them.

How to make a Sensory Bin

Chose a container for us we use a dish pan or Rubbermaid Container

Chose a Filer it can be rice, sand, water, aquarium rock and birdseed. Paper can also work as a filler.

Add a Scoop or Container and Measuring Cups work well

Pick a Theme I add matching materials like trucks, animal or figures and other bits and pieces if I can I include a book about the Theme we are learning about

Now you have your Theme let’s build a Sensory Bin

Remember this is for children who will not eat the sensory bin, late toddler/preschool age

Dish Pan

Filler remembers can be your choice of what to use.

Add the items you have for the Sensory Bin and set the book next to it.

Once I have finished assembling the Sensory Bin, I sit it on newspaper then I place it on our Coffee Table.

Here is a list of items you could put into the Sensory Bins: