(14.5 Months)
(Sensory Motor Skills- Children use their senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, to guide and integrate their interactions)
I tried my hand at a sensory bin awhile ago. It wasn't the huge success that I had thought it'd be but my little guy did enjoy it.
We are on a budget, so I knew I couldn't go out and buy a bunch of stuff. I had to be resourceful and use things that were actually around the house. We have some Tupperware drawers that weren't really being used so I decided that would be what I placed the sensory stuff in. We also had 2 boxes of cornmeal and I just could not see us using them both up any time soon!
Jesse hasn't played in sand yet and he also puts everything in his mouth still so I really wanted to create something that if swallowed wouldn't be a big deal. The cornmeal was perfect for this and I also decided to put some raisins and uncooked rice in the batch as well. To make it more interesting I threw in a few toys and some measuring spoons.
(Sensory Motor Skills- Children use their senses: sight, hearing, smell, taste, and touch, to guide and integrate their interactions)
I tried my hand at a sensory bin awhile ago. It wasn't the huge success that I had thought it'd be but my little guy did enjoy it.
We are on a budget, so I knew I couldn't go out and buy a bunch of stuff. I had to be resourceful and use things that were actually around the house. We have some Tupperware drawers that weren't really being used so I decided that would be what I placed the sensory stuff in. We also had 2 boxes of cornmeal and I just could not see us using them both up any time soon!
Jesse hasn't played in sand yet and he also puts everything in his mouth still so I really wanted to create something that if swallowed wouldn't be a big deal. The cornmeal was perfect for this and I also decided to put some raisins and uncooked rice in the batch as well. To make it more interesting I threw in a few toys and some measuring spoons.
I knew I didn't have enough cornmeal to fill the bottom of that Tupperware drawer so I had to put the mixture in a smaller container and just used the drawer to try to contain the mess.
I blocked off the kitchen and let him go at it. At first he didn't quite know what to do and wasn't really interested. I ended up giving him the measuring cups and spoons after a few minutes at which point began the real fun! Soon corn meal was all over him and all over me, but what mattered was he was having fun and getting some practice scooping things up with the spoons!
I only let him use this a couple times afterwards. He was pretty much over the activity, as was I! Next time I think I would leave out the raisins and the rice. Surprisingly, he never tried to eat any of bin contents!!
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