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. As this week’s letter from our A-Z Sensory Play series is V it seemed an ideal opportunity…
33 Rainbow Sensory Play Ideas for Toddlers and Older Kids
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. We collected a number…
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! How to…
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…
Reflections Sensory Bin
When you set a reflections sensory bin, it’s all about visual system and playing with light and shadow. This type of activity is new to most of the kids and they find it fun and fascinating. My son loves light play and I wanted to set up an activity where he could see the reflections…