Rainbows! One of our favorite spring themes and always fun for kids! Today we share with you 33 rainbow sensory play ideas to enjoy with your babies, toddlers and preschoolers! When we think about spring, we can’t skip talking about rainbows! After all, rainbows are connected to “April showers” and St.Patrick’s day. Rainbow Sensory Activities…
Winter Shine Sensory Bin
Set up a winter sensory bin in minutes and let your child explore many different textures through play! Sensory bins are fun and easy to set up. More importantly, toddlers and preschoolers ADORE playing with sensory bins. We usually leave sensory bin out for a couple days until our kids become bored and then switch…
33 Rice Sensory Play Ideas for Kids
Rice is probably one of the most loved, cheapest and easiest to prepare sensory play base. Here you can find more than 30 rice sensory play ideas to get you started! Either used in it’s dry form or cooked, white or colored, rice is the perfect filler for sensory bins, bottles or bags! What benefits…
Clean Mud Sensory Play
What child doesn’t enjoy ripping up toilet paper? You can imagine the fun my two had doing just that to create our Clean Mud Sensory Play activity. Continuing our A-Z Sensory Play series we have reached the letter M. We wanted a way of playing with mud without having to leave the house so we…
Winter Sensory Bins for Toddlers and Preschoolers
Explore winter indoors! Put together a winter sensory bin for your toddlers and preschoolers and let them enjoy playing in a warmth of your home. We have winter sensory bins with real snow, different bases for fake snow, sensory bins to explore Arctic and Antarctic, and Frozen inspired sensory bins for Olaf, Elsa and Anna…
Kids’ Sensory Activities: Nature Exploration
It’s summer-time and the great outdoors offers plenty of opportunities for kids’ sensory activities. But, wait. It’s unbearably hot, raining or just not a nice day to go outside. What now? Bring the outdoors in. Summer Plant Sensory Bin We’ve all been there. You’ve meticulously planned the best day ever. It includes a parkside picnic,…
Zero Sensory Bin
Setting up a sensory activity doesn’t have to be elaborate or expensive. You can set up a simple sensory bin with lots of benefits in just seconds. Today’s sensory bin is like that – set up zero sensory bin quickly and let your toddler work on counting and fine motor skills. Entertaining a toddler can…
Water Sensory Play
Our Water Sensory Bin is probably our quickest ever sensory activity to set up. I only had to find the items, pour water into a bowl and that was it! I laid out a large towel on the floor and placed our 33 Litre Really Useful Under Bed Plastic Storage Box on top. I then slotted our…
Vegetable Sensory Bin
My son is a reluctant eater. Vegetables are certainly low down on the list of things he will eat. As a result, we are making a conscious effort to get him used to vegetables away from meal times. One of the way to expose him to different vegetables is by letting him touch and work…
Slippery LEGO Sensory Play
Some of the best ideas for play and learning comes from kids, as they take one activity and turn it into completely different direction! Similar happened with an activity we are sharing here, the one we called Slippery LEGO sensory play and it all began with a simple sensory bin filled with water beads! Both…