February Sensory Bin

My friend Megan introduced me to sensory bins.  Basically, they are boxes filled with all kinds of objects, and kiddos can scoop, sort, funnel, dump, and much more with the contents of the box.  To save time and money, Megan, another friend Jess and I are taking turns each month making a sensory bin.  Then we trade them around so we all get to play with them.  It was my turn to make one for February, which was perfect because I love, love, LOVE anything to do with Valentines Day.


Here is our box of treasures:

Thomas has enjoyed this a lot so far.  One day, we sorted some of the objects by type and color.  There were some smooth gemstones, and some other ones cut with angles like diamonds, so Thomas practiced distinguishing between "smooth" and "bumpy".

He tried looking at objects through a magnifying glass . . .

 . . . and picking up objects with tongs.

One of his favorites was throwing feathers up into the air.

Other February photos will be here.


We are having fun playing on Boomerang Drive!


-- Holly