Pirate Sensory Bin

Check out this fun hands-on learning activity with pirates and the coin sensory bin! This Pirate sensory bin is fun for any boy or girl who wants to have some sensory bin.

You can explore different types of coins and different pirate themes while paying in this simple to set up sensory bin.

The Pirate Sensory Bin is a great addition to the pirate activities and sensory bins on the site.

What is a sensory bin?

A sensory bin is typically a plastic tub or container filled with carefully selected materials and objects to stimulate the senses of children in preschool.

Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items.

Pirate Sensory Bin

The pirate sensory bin is great for a pirate theme or talk like a pirate day. You have different pirate themes mixed in with different coins.

You have rice as the filler for the sensory bin.

Pirate Books to Read with the Sensory Bin

There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish is a fun sequencing book with a pirate theme. These are fun to red with kids’.

You could also read There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Map! We love the books in this series and they are always fun for each theme we do with them.

What we used to make the Pirate Sensory Bin

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• Pirate Toob
• money
• rice
• paper bin with lid

Ways to Use the Pirate Sensory Bin

You will see a few ways to use the pirate sensory bin. But remember play is the most important part of the sensory bin.

Play in the Pirate Sensory Bin

As always I let them just play with the pirate sensory bin. It is fun to see what they will do and how they adapt play from older sensory bins to the current one. And sensory bins can just ben free play and kids will love it.

Sorting Pirate & Pirate Items

We sorted the pirates and their items. We talked about the different items in the pirates have. Their favorite was the ship.

Look at the Different Coins in the Sensory Bin

Once we had all the pirates and their items out we looked at the coins. They sorted out some of the coins and talked about their names. We looked at quarters and pennies this time.

You can ask them to give you certain coins as well. We looked for each type of coin on the sensory bins.

Remember to Just Play in the Pirate Sensory Bin

Don’t forget that the most important part of a sensory bin is just letting them play. The girls liked to pour coins and rice from hands to hands to the bin. As always I love to keep bins around for a week so I can see how they play with each item. You can dig through and play in the sensory bin and it is fun.

More Pirate Activities For Kids

Talk Like a Pirate No-Prep Weekly Packs fun weekly packs that have 5 days of printables with 4 pages per day. You have Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade.

Pirate Number Dot Marker & Counting are a great way to work on numbers and counting. You dot marker the number and counting the dots on the pirate chest. You have numbers 1 to 20.

Chalk Pirate Flags are simple and fun to make! This is a great pirate craft that kids can make.

Build Up Summer Learning: Week 1 Pirate has tot through third grade levels for kids to use! You have a mix of activities for a week of fun printables.

Check out all the fun Pirate Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com