Set up a simple wooden beads sensory bin with an apple theme. Our apple sensory bin is the perfect complement to your fall early literacy activities and math activities! Sensory bins are perfect for early childhood education and make learning so much more fun and engaging.

Apple Themed Wooden Beads Sensory Bin

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Simple Sensory Play For Fine Motor And Math Skills

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Apple Wooden Beads Sensory Bin

Sensory bins can be a useful tool to engage a child and practice fine motor skills as well as other early learning skills like counting! Read more about the importance of sensory bins and everything you need to know to get started, here! It’s an excellent resource that answers many key questions about sensory bin use with children.

Materials Needed

wooden beads for filler
acrylic apples, pompoms, or homemade cardboard apples (basically anything resembling green and red apples)
good size bin to play in and contain sensory materials
container
tweezers for picking apples
zip ties, pipe cleaners or string for threading practice

Assemble your apple themed wooden beads sensory bin and you are good to go!

Easy Ways To Play And Learn With This Wooden Beads Sensory Bin

Allow time to explore sensory bin without direction to satisfy sensory needs
Fill a container, cover and shake to make sounds
Use tongs to pick apples and put in container
Sort colors of apples
Count apples by color and then as a group
Thread wooden beads on string, pipe cleaners, or zip ties. We threaded numbers 1-10 on 10 separate zip ties to create simple wooden bead math counters