November Sensory Bin

For November we have popcorn kernels, orange-dyed pasta shells, and number erasers.

I used to go crazy cutting and laminating little numbers and copying recording sheets, but I found they were less productive with stuff like that. It may work great for some classrooms, but I find that this time at the sensory table is perfect for communication and creativity.

I know it sounds like all those blogging pages that say to be gentle lol, but it's actually true. The kids are 5 and 6 so I have found it's okay to just let them 'play' in the sensory bins and guess what? They do their own academic stuff when I let them. I hear them talking about sorting numbers and addition back there. When I used to have a set activity like pull a snowball and record the number, all I was doing was redirecting because they were throwing snowballs. Plus, who wants to do the same thing every day? No judgment to people who make their kids do recording sheets, it just didn't seem to work out as a repeated activity.

So anyway, what did I use?

Well for starters...THIS! An awesome follower on Instagram turned me onto these when I posted about how I hate using vinegar and food coloring to dye pasta lol. It's called colorations, click here for the link.

I dyed the pasta shells orange and just used popcorn kernels I got from Target or the dollar tree.

The number erasers are from the Target dollar spot, but click here for an amazon link for some!

If you are trying to record I have some no prep sensory sheets! I do like these a lot, but I feel like they just aren't perfect for any every day type thing. You could also use these for a write the room! Click here for the link.

Talk soon, bye!