Looking for ideas of ways to help your preschoolers explore their world? Sensory tubs are a great! Most preschoolers love touching and feeling things. Tubs (or in our case, a kiddie pool) full of sensory objects are sure to keep your kids engaged and exploring!
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Some of the things you can put into your sensory tub:
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This list was created in part during our last live chat, roughly 20 preschool bloggers and I had a great chat on MomLoop, we’d love to include you next time we host one! Leave a comment if you want me to email you when we have another one.
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Cathy of Nurture Store contributed to this list and has a bunch of other sensory tub ideas on her blog – check them out.
Anna, of Imagination Tree added about a dozen of the suggestions above and her blog is full of imaginative activities for kids.
Nicole of Activity Mom, has a bunch of pre-made sensory tub “kits” available for sale at her “Time for Tots” store.
Shannon of Milk and Cuddles created a fun edible winter-themed tub for her daughter to enjoy.
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We love paying with our rice, except on days like this: The Rice Storm: When Messes Happen http://stuckunderababy.com/?p=273
My daughter LOVES rainbow rice in her sensory box. She also liked putting in kidney beans, black-eyed peas, buttons, dice (the squares make for a neat change in feeling), cosmetic sponges… all SORTS of stuff!
I love all the sensory tub ideas but since I am from India I am very senstive to wasting food, as I have seen many people who struggle soo much to earn their daily food. I cannot bring myself to color the food rice lentils etc just for play. How do you suggest we use the food that we use for play?
Found you via Pinterest, as a preschool teacher I am often bored with the same things repeated. Once I saw jelly on your list I said “Oh yeah! That’s happening!” I’m sure that my 2 year olds will absolutely LOVE that! Can’t wait! Thanks for the new ideas!
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We tried several different sensory bins here this year: Ice cream shop, flower shop, construcion quarry etc. By far, the favourite (with both the boys AND the girls) was the construction quarry. I’m not sure if it was in part because of the popcorn kernels making such a racket in the foil pan or not, but it was a huge hit. They never got tired of that one.
For those concerned about the mess from small materials (trust me…the popcorn kernels got messy), I just put a plastic table-cloth underneath the bin while they played. When they were finished, I could just pick up the table-cloth and dump all the stray kernels back into the bin.