Moon Excavation! Construction Sensory Bin with Exploding Frozen Stars

Moon Excavation! Construction Sensory Bin with Exploding Stars

Moon Excavation! Construction Sensory Bin with Exploding Frozen Stars –MAN that’s a mouthful! The things our kids can come up with when you let their imaginations run wild! This month we have been working on shapes with Meatball and for some reason or another, the one he is having difficulty recognizing are the stars. Whenever he is shown a star, he labels it as a triangle. I suppose they are made up of a bunch of triangles, so on some level the confusion does make sense.

This sensory bin made from taste safe moon sand and frozen baking soda stars was used to explore a variety of different stars to try to reinforce the shape through conversation and play.

Moon Excavation! Construction Sensory Bin with Exploding Stars

This bin is also a hodge-podge of a bunch of Meatballs favorite things right now. Cars…we can never get enough of those. Construction — Good Night, Good Night, Construction site is a go everywhere with us favorite (we even made a sensory bin to go with it). Anything and everything Outer Space, hence the moon sand. And of course dirt, mud, sticky, ooey-gooey messes.

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Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Lavender Sensory Bin

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Lavender Sensory Bin

Rocks, “dirt”, and wheels! All things my little man dreams of. Lately in this house Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site by.Sherri Duskey Rinker has been a favorite. I have lost count of how many times it has been read. It is such a fun book for all those big truck lovin’ kids out there! This Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Lavender Sensory Bin was created out of my sons love for this book. Now we can read, play, and begin to wind down before nap time (instead of fighting over no trucks to bed)…

Goodnight, Goodnight, Construction Site Lavender Sensory Bin

While this is a pretty basic rice sensory bin, we did do one thing to make it extra special. Here’s a hint- absolutely no rubbing alcohol or vinegar was used to dye the rice…and it smells wonderful!

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ABC Car Wash Sensory Bin

Alphabet Car Wash Sensory Bin

Alphabet Car Wash Sensory Bin: Sensory Bins are a fabulous tool for learning. They are a quick and easy way to get children engaged while exploring a variety of different skills and concepts.

Alphabet Car Wash Sensory Bin

So…I keep on telling myself I am going to get this whole morning with four kiddos thing down, but…it’s a struggle. This morning to keep the kids entertained long enough to load the dishwasher, shower, and feed baby I decided to give a sensory bin a try. It was a major success (and honestly a pretty big mess too). We played with this activity for over an hour and it brought out so many fantastic conversations and challenges!

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Farm Sensory Math Game: Tilling for Numbers

Farm Sensory Math Game: Tilling for Numbers

Farm Sensory Math Game: Your kids are bound to love this simple sensory math game that will have them digging for numbers while learning basic farming terms and concepts!

Farm Sensory Math Game: Tilling for Numbers

Recently we were sent two books (Casey & Friends A Year on the Farm and Big Tractors) and a friendly red tractor for review. Meatball is all about everything trucks, tractors, or trains right now so this was right up our alley!

After exploring the books (which we loved) we went browsing around Pinterest looking for some inspiration on how to tie the book A Year on the Farm into our daily activity.

A Year on the Farm Casey and Friends Book

What we found was this awesome Chocolate Play Dough Recipe from the Imagination Tree that with some modifications to fit our theme turned into hours of fun!

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