It has been awhile since my last post, but now that the weather is starting to get cooler again, I should be updating more regularly. We spent the summer outside, learning to slide and teeter-totter, jumping in puddles and going on walks. Beatrix's gross motor skills improved by leaps and bounds this summer as she explored the great outdoors!
The birth of our son in December, coupled with more time indoors once winter comes, has got me planning easy (and somewhat quiet!) indoor activities to engage and occupy Beatrix. I picked up a nice tub at Walmart for about $10. to use as our sensory bin. It has a tray that fits on top that will come in handy for tools and utensils, and the lid snaps on securely.
I put together our Halloween sensory bin with items from Dollar Tree!
- Tri-colored dried pasta noodles
- Pom-poms in various sizes
- Googly eyes of various sizes and colors
- Spider and bat rings
I dumped everything together, gathered some scooping and pouring tools, and waited for the perfect time to introduce this to Beatrix.
I laid a tablecloth out on the floor to give Beatrix a "boundary" as to where she needed to keep the little pieces and also for easy clean-up. I laid everything out while she was otherwise occupied and waited for her. Soon enough she came running over and was very interested in what she saw.
She spent time looking at each "ingredient" in the bin, and then moved on to testing each utensil. She took this as very serious work
After some time, I showed her how she could wear the rings. Beatrix enjoyed rolling the pom-poms between her hands and spent a lot of time doing this (and asking me to do the same.) We enjoyed playing and experimenting with the different materials together.
She thought it was funny to put the googly eyes over her own eyes.
Experimenting with rolling the pom-poms down her leg!
We spent a solid hour and a half playing with this sensory bin, so I'd say it was a big hit!
Thanks for reading and I hope to be back soon with some more fun ideas!