40 Sensory Bin Fillers
An Unique Sensory Bin Filler Every Day for 40 Days!
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Starting March 1, 2014
Welcome to the home page 40 Days & 40 Sensory Bin Fillers. This will be an amazing resource for you to find the perfect sensory bin filler to try with your child! 40 amazing bloggers have signed up to participate in this awesome series. At the end of each post will be a place to link up your sensory bin ideas using the same filler or to find more ideas or themes to explore with your child. Please use the list below as a guide for each of the 40 days and which blog is featuring what filler! I hope you will visit each one, pin new ideas to try to share ones you love too!
Why make a sensory bin?
Sensory bins are wonderful hands on fun for many ages including toddlers and preschoolers! Many skills can be learned and explored through sensory bin play including social and emotional communication, literacy, fine motor skills, and more! Sensory bins provide an out let for children to engage in a meaningful way and also receive sensory input that their little minds and bodies crave. Exploring through touch and feel can be a positive experience for most children. Sensory input from sensory bins works with your child’s nervous system. Some fillers may be preferable to others, so don’t give up trying! Let your child be your guide!
Sensory bins engage the senses!
Use a sensory bin to talk with your child about what he or she is sensing! Great communication and self-awareness activity. What do you see? How does it make you feel? What does it feel like? Help them find new words for feelings, textures, and new senses. Lots of sensory bins can also be scented with essential oils or extracts to play with the sense of smell! If your child is still very much into eating, exploring a bin full of dried cereal is still sensory play and engages the sense of taste too!
40 Days 40 Sensory Bin Fillers List
Click on the links below for the day’s sensory bin filler! You may also visit each blogger’s homepage before the scheduled day to see more great ideas! Check back here every day to see what’s new!
March 1st
Colored Craft Sand from Little Bins for Little Hands
March 2nd
Paper (Shredded, Crinkled & More) from Craftulate
March 3rd
Corn from Makeovers & Motherhood
March 4th
Cereals from B-Inspired Mama
March 5th
Black Beans from Mama Miss
March 6th
Water Beads from Racheous-Lovable Learning
March 7th
Feathers from Making Time For Mommy
March 8th
Pompoms from School Time Snippets
March 9th
Shaving Cream from P is For Preschooler
March 10th
Buttons from 3 Dinosaurs
March 11th
Money from Lalymom
March 12th
Hair Gel from Playful Learners
March 13th
Rice from Powerful Mothering
March 14th
Silk Flowers or Flower Petals form The Chaos and The Clutter
March 15th
Yarn from Teach Me Mommy
March 16th
Aquarium Gravel from Rubber Boots and Elf Shoes
March 17th
Kinetic Sand from Gift of Curiosity
March 18th
Pasta (Cooked & Uncooked) from Still Playing School
March 19th
Flour from Lemon Lime Adventures
March 20th
Coffee Beans from I Heart Crafty Things
March 21st
Beads from Artsy Momma
March 22nd
Jello from Natural Beach Living
March 23rd
Compost & Potting Soil from Peakle Pie
March 24th
Tapioca Pearls from Life Lesson Plans
March 25th
French Lentils from Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds
March 26th
Polyfil Pellets from Where Imagination Grows
March 27th
Hay (Vase Filler) from Crayon Box Chronicles
March 28th
Rocks from Sugar Aunts
March 29th
Water from Little Bins For Little Hands
March 30th
Clean Kitty Litter from Suzy Homeschooler
March 31st
Oats & Table Salt from The Stay- At -Home -Mom’s Survival Guide
April 1st
Grass from Playtivities
April 2nd
Cotton Balls from Preschool Powol Packets
April 3rd
Corn Meal & Husks from Wildflower Ramblings
April 4th
Epsom Salt from Let Them Be Little Blog
April 5th
Sticks from Danya Banya
April 6th
Confetti from The Eyes of A Boy
April 7th
Coconut Oil from ALLternative Living
April 8th
Birdseed from Frogs and Snails and Puppy Dog Tails
April 9th
Here Come The Girls Blog
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Great Sensory Bin Ideas!
Mary Catherine says
I am so excited to read about all of these FUN sensory bins!!! 🙂
Susen says
Such a great series and this post says it all! Perfect for anyone wanting to engage with their children in sensory play!!
littlebins says
Thank you! We have found sensory play to be very engaging over here!
George says
Even though its the end of the day, I just got so excited with all these wonderful craft ideas for my students! I love the celery-colored fish! Thank you so much for sharing.Crafts