I am a big fan of taking toys we already have and creating learning experiences from them. I love to expand on the natural interests of my young kids and use those interests to make early learning more fun and engaging. Ladybug’s love of her fairies is my latest example of this. She is working through her Fairy Printable Pack right now and also enjoying a Fairies & Flowers Sensory Bin!
She got a fairy set {it was a big set from Target, I can’t find a link to the one we got} for Christmas so I used them as my fairies, but I also saw these online that are cute too! I looked through our sensory bin small item collections and decided to add mini foam flowers, shiny rocks, mini butterfly erasers and heart/star/flower links {those are from Dollar Tree}.
On a special theme week, I allow all of the toys within that theme in the schoolroom also, as a special treat. You can see her fairy house {we got ours at Toys R Us for $30 on sale at Christmas time} and was a part of our play time too.
Lots of simple learning happens with our sensory bins, below you can see we made colored beds for the fairies. We sorted, counted, made patterns and enjoyed imaginative play together!
Krash is almost 7 and still LOVES our bins. He always finds a way to enjoy them, even if they are a bit “girly” he could care less! Below you can see his rock pond, complete with flower lily pads for the frogs to jump around on.
Looking for more Fairy fun?
- Fairy Printables
- Fairy Easy Reader
- Fairy Work Drawer Labels
- Fairy Theme Pinterest Board {a couple more fairy bins pinned there!}
If you haven’t read the Montessori Minute post about sensory play, be sure to read that to see why these bins are so wonderful for kids! See a Behind the Scenes look at Sensory Bin play with videos here!
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