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Exploring farm animals took on a whole new focus as one of our momstown toddlers got into a sensory bucket - and brought her animals along!
You can use sensory bins and buckets for any theme - this was a great way to incorporate our farm animals into the play!
What you need:
- Small laundry tub(s)
- Water
- Bubbles or dish soap
- Plastic toy animals (or whatever comes along!)
Sensory play is meant to be unstructured. Give the kids the tools and let 'em at it!
We had a shiny bead tub going along with the farm animal 'wash station' - she went from one to the other.
Look for variation when making sensory bins. Texture, appearance (shiny!), size, etc. all lets little hands explore and learn.
Try some of our other sensory bin ideas like Flower bins, Pasta bins, and Cloud dough bins.
Mon, 06/04/2012 - 12:29 What a great idea! DD's Preschool teacher did something similar for their Snow & Ice Melting theme this past winter. She bought an Ice Block, put it in a big bin with ice cubes and let them chip away! (The boys didn't leave that bin until school was done!)