Fall is a favorite at our house and we love doing loads of fall themed activities for it. I have a fun collection of fall activities and fall printables around leaves and fall trees. It is a great season to explore with kids. There is a wide collection of fall themes with fall leaves and…
Ocean is a big theme at our house. When we first started talking about which of the Giles Andreae books we wanted to read the girls picked out several of them and we picked them out. They finally picked the ocean book we had and loved by her! And sensory bins are loads of fun…
Earth Day is in April, and playdough mats are fun to help with learning. The free Earth Day Playdough mats are easy and fun to use. We always have fun using them for learning centers. The Earth Day playdough mats were made to go with the Free Mini Earth Day Pack and the Free Earth…
After enjoying our Rock Sensory Bin we wanted to do something different with the rocks. And thus this sensory activity can to be. We explored the different ways you can create artwork in the sand with rocks and made our own Zen Gardens. This is simple to set up and great for sensory play and…
Explore the colors of red, green, and white with this Christmas Button Sensory Bin. You have a fun bin full of rice and buttons for kids to have sensory fun. This is super simple to put together sensory bin for the Holidays. Just add rice and buttons and you are all set to play in…
We happen to love sensory bins. We use them all the time and I love to mix up how we use them. And water beads are one of our favorites! It is a great sensory play that is flexible and can be used in many different ways. Plus it is has been one of the…
Sensory play is always important to have. On some of the long summer days that get a little too hot to be outside. I want to have something inside for my girls to do. We do sensory bins just for that. This is simple and easy to put together. It also makes a great beach…
May was a crazy month for us. It was a first we did not check out books but just read books at the library. I enjoyed it but was so different not to be able to read and reread the books! I picked some of our favorite books from the month. We are always looking…
What happens when you child asks to play more with the counters? Put them in a sensory bin! We took the counters from the ocean mats and put it all in a sensory bin. They are so much fun and easy to do. This sensory bin took less than 2 minutes to put together. I…
We really love our Kore Stools! My girls have been in love with them since we got them. I have one of my girls that really likes to wiggle and always be moving. She does not always want to site for homework time. This chair has been a lifesaver for us. A quick note about…
Water beads have been so much fun for my girls to explore in. We always have lots of fun playing in them. This summer we did a Space theme water bead sensory bin. This was tons of fun. We had done a space sensory bin before. It has been a few years and I thought…
Water beads are a favorite at our house! After the fall water bead search my girls asked for something just as fun for Christmas! This was tons of fun to set up and loads of sensory fun for them to play in. My girls love the Safari Ltd Designer TOOBS Christmas. I’m always looking for…
We are always looking for new ways to put sensory and counting together. This is a fun activity that provided fun sensory, fine motor and counting. We stamped numbers and counted pumpkins to match. This activity could easy be switched up for non-seasonal items in the sand. It is fun and easy to set up…
This months theme was a lot of fun for the girls we read several different books for the wild west theme. We read several books for this months theme. It was fun to find new books every time we went to the library. It was fun to learn about the different native nations, the cowboys,…
Part of this summer we did a lot of collecting of rocks. A lot of the places that we visited had collect rocks you could buy in little bags. We got bag of rocks from various places. The girls wanted to do something fun to play with them. I made all the rocks plus some…
It is full-on summer here and we are really enjoying it. We love to go to the beach but can’t always happen. Today we are bringing the beach to us! Check out our fun Beach Sensory Bin! This goes great with the Free Beach Pack. With all our sensory bins or activities I really do…
Exploring bugs is always something fun. Sensory bins are a great way to explore something and get a great sensory experience at the same time. This is a good activity to add on when doing the Bug Pack. One of the girls favorite books to read is Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner. You get…
If you have followed me for a while you will know that we do a lot of simple and easy sensory bins. I was so happy to be apart of the the 40 Days of Sensory Bins! I just had to do a button sensory bin. I have done several of them over the last…
Last year about this time we had a Button Sensory Bin. We loved it. Now we have a slight take on part of it with an ABC Sensory Bin. We have been using these buttons and letter tiles forever. It was just after Halloween my youngest walks up with the alphabet buttons, bin, rice and…
This is a fun and easy fall sensory bin. I love it because it has two different textures mixed together. What I love about sensory bins is that this is open play for most of the time. You can give them the tools but they play how they want to play. They create their own…
Pond is a great theme to explore during the spring time. It is a fun way to explore the different life cycles that are present in a pond. This sensory bin has some fun texture to it with the different colors of shredded paper. You will see many of the different animals and bugs at…
Since spring has started we did some simple Seeing and Hearing Activities for the Sensory Challenge. My oldest can’t handle to many hands on Sensory activities. A lot of the hands on activities I have to provide a second way for her to interact with them. In order to avoid some major problems we did…
em>We have included links to some of the products and resources we have used with this activity. If you purchase via the links we may earn a small commission. This is a great addition to the Easter Activities on the site. Mary did a simple Easter Egg Matching Sensory bin. She had to open eggs,…
A lot of my last week was very broken up with helping my friend while she was in labor. I was gone for 3 days this last week. It made for a strange week for me and the girls. This week when I was home we have worked on hard vs. soft. I wanted them…
We had a hard time this week. It was not always easy to remember to do something. I did all the normal activities and a few days I did forget to do something different sensory. Every day we did at least play with the St. Patrick’s Day Sensory bin. They love to play with it….
Sensory has been really hard to remember. Some times little prep time to do and other activities take a lot more. I have to think are we doing sight, sound, taste, smell, or touch. If you are looking for suggestions check out my 31 Days of Simple Sensory Challenge Post or Royal Baloo’s. There are…
March’s Challenge from Royal Baloo and 3 Dinosaurs will be 31 Days of Simple Sensory. For this challenge we want you to do 30 minutes of a simple sensory activity every day with your kids! This challenge runs from March 1st to 31st so do your activities! Our first linky will be on March 9th…
Buttons are a fun flexible activity for kids. I was introduce to the idea of doing more with them in The Happy Mommy Handbook: The Ultimate How-to Guide on Keeping Your Toddlers and Preschoolers Busy, Out of Trouble and Motivated to Learn. I feel in love with the idea of doing activities with something so…
We have not been big about doing sensory bins. This week it was different. I was prepared and got everything out. What is in the bin: the bin itself was from the dollar section at Target, cups are from Tupperware, mix of 3 different beans, Safari Ltd Coral Reef Toob, and Safari Ltd Ocean Toob….