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Need fun and engaging ideas for sensory bins, sensory bottles, or sensory activities? Do your kids make a mess with sensory bins in your preschool, pre-K, TK, or Kindergarten classroom? Not sure what your kids are really learning with sensory bins? You’re in the right place!

Sensory Bin Essentials

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Easter Sensory Bin Ideas

5 Spring & Easter Sensory Bin Ideas for Toddlers

An Easter Sensory Bin your kids will love! Super quick and easy to set up in your preschool or kindergarten classroom. Use tweezers to pick up and fill plastic eggs with erasers, then count the erasers for math practice. Perfect for an Easter themed sensory play experience!

Rainbow Rice Sensory Bin

Rainbow Rice Sensory Bin

Easy rainbow rice sensory bin. An easy and colorful sensory activity for your preschool or kindergarten classroom. Color rice to create a beautiful rainbow sensory bin perfect for your little learners.

Water Bead Marble Run with Water

Water Bead Marble Run – Pre-K Pages

How to use water beads on a marble run in your sensory table. Your preschool or kindergarten kids will love playing and learning with water beads and a marble run. Add some turkey basters and water for an even more exciting sensory experience!

Dinosaur Sensory Bin kinetic sand

How to Make DIY Kinetic Sand for Sensory Bins

Dinosaur sensory bin activity for your little paleontologists in preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten. Perfect for a dramatic play dinosaur dig theme!

Christmas Water Beads

Christmas Water Beads Sensory Bin

A simple sensory bin with green, red, and white water beads that encourages scooping and pouring; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten

Christmas Eraser Sensory Bin

Christmas Sensory Bin Search and Find Printable

A fun Christmas sensory bin search and find counting activity with free printable. Hands-On learning for your preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten kids!

Christmas Letter Matching

Christmas Tree Sensory Bin Printable

Christmas tree sensory bin letter matching activity with printable. A fun letter matching activity for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten kids.

Halloween Sensory Bin Activity

Halloween Sensory Bin for Preschool

Halloween theme sensory bin for preschool or pre-k. Use orange water beads, mini pumpkins, cauldrons, and spider rings for a fun sensory experience.

15+ Sensory Bin Filler Ideas

Sensory bin filler ideas for sensory play in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten. An ultimate list of ideas to fill sensory bins at home or in the classroom!

Sensory Bin Tools from the Dollar Store

Sensory Bin Tools for Sensory Play

Sensory bin tools for sensory play in preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten. A list of tools you can use at home or in the classroom in your sensory bins.

Farm Sensory Bin

Farm Sensory Bin for Preschool

Explore farm and harvest themes and play an I Spy game with this fun sensory bin; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

alphabet nighttime bin

Alphabet Star Search Sensory Bin

This alphabet star sensory bin is a fun activity for a night, space, or even Halloween theme; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten classrooms.

green sensory bin for preschool

Green: One Color Sensory Bin

This one-color sensory bin encourages exploration of green and extends the book Green by Laura Vaccaro Seeger; for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten.

Space Theme Sensory Bin

Space Themed Sensory Bin

Make homemade moon sand with this easy DIY recipe for a fun space theme sensory bin in your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten classroom.

Easter Egg Sensory Bin

Easter Sensory Bin

A fun Easter sensory bin made with items to develop fine motor skills; for your preschool, pre-k, or kindergarten kids to enjoy.

Construction Sensory Bin

Construction Trucks Sensory Bin

A fun construction sensory experience for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten; this bin changed focus at the children’s request.

why use sensory bins water beads

Why Use a Sensory Bin in Preschool?

Having a sensory bin is important because young children learn best when they can touch and feel something. Children learn with their eyes, ears, and hands.

Gift Wrap Sensory Bin

Christmas Gift Wrap Sensory Bin

Christmas theme sensory bin filled with gift wrap paper, bows, tags, and other holiday materials for preschoolers to explore and practice cutting skills.

Scarecrow Sensory Bin

Scarecrow Sensory Bin

A fun exploration of fall materials and a challenge to build a scarecrow for preschool, pre-k, and kindergarten

Apple Sensory Bin Experience

Easy Apple Sensory Bin For Fall

A fun, hands-on apple sensory bin for your preschool or pre-k classroom. Your kids will love this easy apple sensory bin for color sorting and counting.