Bin 3: Sensory Table
Sensory Learning encourages open-ended imaginative play and is an excellent way to learn fine motor skills. Little hands develop the precision they need to pinch grasp, twist, and more when they play. Our Sensory Table bin includes colored rice, jumbo tweezers, assorted pom poms, wood blocks/cones, fraction measuring cups and spoons. Recommended for children age 3+.
Early Learning Standards Met:
North Dakota - Perceptual, Motor, Physical Development, Social, and Emotional Development.
Minnesota - Physical and Movement Development, Social and Emotional Development, and Approaches to Learning.
Do Together
Ideas for how to use this bin:
- Explore different materials with a variety of tools and your hands
- Describe the color, shapes, textures, weights, temperatures of the materials as you explore
- Use the measuring cups to measure different amounts of the materials
- Interact with another child or grown up as you explore the materials together
Watch or Play Together
Use this media connection to spark interest, model skills and approaches, or explore a concept:
- Discovering Senses: A Sixth Sense, Wild Kratts (Video 1:36)
- Using Our Senses, Elinor Wonders Why (Digital Lesson)
- Senses Count: Let’s Learn (Video 7:18)
Talk and Wonder Together
Maximize learning using these prompts during or after the activities:
- What are you doing?
- What is that material? What color is it? What shape is it?
- What does it feel like when you touch this material? Is it heavy or light?
- Which of these materials is heavier? Softer?
- How are these materials the same?
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