Monday, June 18, 2012

3 Super Simple Sensory Tubs

When you spend your days with the toddler set, you have to be pretty comfortable with sensory experiences.  Often I find myself in the grocery store thinking, "This would be great in a sensory table!"  So today I've collected three super simple sensory tubs that have recently made an appearance at our house, and I can tell you genuinely that they are each toddler approved.


Sensory Tub #1 - Beans and Cars



For our tub, I used a nice mixture of beans of different shapes, sizes and colors. I included lima beans, pinto beans, lentils, black eyed peas, split peas, and navy beans. Please note: uncooked kidney beans are poisonous if consumed and should NOT be included in a sensory tub!!


Next I just threw in some of L's plastic vehicles and away we played! She absolutely loved this tub and asked for it every day afterward for a week.

Sensory Tub #2 - Oatmeal and Farm Animals


For this tub I used about three-quarters of a container of uncooked oatmeal, which is great because not only is it an excellent texture, but it also has a very nice smell.


We added in L's collection of farm animals (and the farmer too, of course!) and got busy. L loved to pretend that the animals were eating the oats.

Sensory Tub #3 - Alphabet Soup


For our alphabet soup tub, I added water, soup bowls and spoons (these were actually ice cream bowls I found in the dollar bin at Walmart), foam letters, and a ladle.


L quickly got busy scooping and pouring (her favorite activity!) with the ladle and bowls.  I'm not too worried about pushing the letter learning at this point, but it was a great opportunity for language and for her dad and I to point out what letters she scooped up. As she gets older, this will be a fantastic activity for practicing letter recognition.

We absolutely adore sensory play at our house! What kind of sensory experiences do your kiddos enjoy?

9 comments:

  1. Fun! We have those ice cream bowls too! I had no idea kidney beans were poisonous uncooked! YIKES! Thanks for stopping by!

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  2. Scooping and pouring is so fun at that age isn't it! And I love the smell of oats too, would be a nice sensory tub experience :-) Thanks for sharing at Happy Family Times

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  3. Love it! Love the simplicity of it, thanks for sharing! I featured you on my post today :)
    http://glitteringmuffins.com/2012/06/22/kids-co-op-7/

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    1. Thanks so much for the love! I really appreciate it!

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  4. cute ideas! i love those cars in the first one... thanks for linking up to tip-toe thru tuesday.

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  5. Lovely sensory bins! The alphabet soup is going on our to try list. Thanks for sharing at The Sunday Showcase. :)

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  6. These are great sensory bins! I'm featuring them tomorrow on The Sunday Showcase. I hope you'll stop by. :)

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  7. Hi- After looking at another post, my daughter saw the picture for this one. She absolutely HAD to do the oatmeal sensory bin. Yeah, that's what both my children are playing with right now. Thanks!

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    1. Awesome! So glad they are having fun! Thanks so much for stopping by!

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