Easy ABC letter games games to play when you are teaching different letters of the alphabet to young children. Low prep, most items can be found around your house, and are great for transitioning and keeping things fun and playful while learning different letters.
I’m excited to share some of my favorite quick and easy letter “I” craft ideas that have brought so much joy (and a little bit of mess) to my home! These fun activities are not only creative, but they also help teach my little ones valuable skills like color matching, hand-eye coordination, and following instructions. Let’s dive into these fantastic crafts!
I just wanted to share a super fun and engaging sensory bin idea that I recently whipped up for my little ones. Since we’ve been focusing on the letter G, I decided to create a garden-themed sensory bin! It’s not only educational but also a great way to let their creativity blossom.
Hello friends! Today, I’m excited to share one of my latest sensory bin creations inspired by the delightful children’s book “Tops and Bottoms” by Janet Stevens. This garden-themed sensory bin is not only a fantastic way to introduce young readers to the concepts in the book, but it also serves as a hands-on, imaginative play experience that my kids absolutely adored and can be done with or without the book!
To start off, I set up a simple bean filled tray and some scoops and cups, and wooden boxes to work as raised flowerbeds.
Then I decided to make some air dry clay vegetables to serve as props for our sensory bin. I made some carrots, radishes, and other garden goodies, to go along with the book and the worked wonderfully well for gardening imaginative play sessions. If you’re interested in making your own, I filmed a quick video tutorial showing the process. Trust me; it’s quick, easy, and straightforward! You can watch it at the top of the post along with my other “Letter G” activities.
I loved how these clay veggies worked while we read “Tops and Bottoms” together. Each time the story mentioned a vegetable, we would grab the corresponding clay prop from the sensory bin and seeing my kids’ faces light up as they connected the characters to the garden props was a lot of fun.
To add a bit of structure to our garden, I included some wooden boxes that act as raised garden beds. These wooden boxes not only look adorable but also help separate different types of vegetables within our sensory bin. My little ones had a blast “planting” the clay veggies in the boxes, pretending to cultivate their very own vegetable garden.
This sensory bin has been such a hit in our home! Not only did my kids enjoy the tactile experience of the beans, but they also loved using the clay to make some of their own fruits and vegetables and it was the perfect way to reinforce the story and have fun at the same time.
If you’re looking for a way to combine literacy with sensory play, I highly recommend trying out a garden-themed sensory bin! It’s a fun, engaging way to connect books and hands-on activities. Plus, you can always customize the props to fit different stories or themes. So grab your clay, a tray, and some beans and get ready for a garden adventure! Happy digging!
Hey friends! Today, I want to share a fun sensory bin that’s made our ‘Letter B’ week absolutely buzzworthy. But before I dive into the fun, here are some fascinating facts about bees!
Armed with these fun facts, I was inspired to create a bee-themed sensory bin for my preschooler, and it was a hit! So much so that I thought others might want one too, and created a set you can purchase in my Etsy shop if you’re interested.
Our bin included 100 mini yellow pom-poms that acted like tiny bits of pollen, and some pom-pom bees that the little pollen pompoms would stick to, so it was like they were actually gathering honey, which was really fun. I also attached a pom-pom bee to wooden tongs, which was perfect for honing those fine motor skills while the “bee” gathering supplies.
We talked about the flower colors while using a wooden bowl to ‘collect nectar’ and the wooden honey dipper to pretend we were making honey, and the honeycombs were perfect for imaginative play.
And I went a little crazy with this one, and created a reusable “Honey Recipe Card” where I could put in an order of different amounts of flowers and pollen for my preschooler to collect. This was fun to work on matching, prereading skills, simple math, and fine motor skills. We took turns making and filling orders, and while I love the free play of sensory bins, I also loving being able to have extend and organized play ideas too.
I also created a set of honey comb cards that match the ideas in the bin. We could create our own honey comb with the cards, and try to match with the items and honey comb in the tray, or try to build designs based off the cards.
This was a great little bin to explore bees, play, and develop a few preschool level skills 10/10
If you’re looking for a fun sensory experience for your little ones, this was a great one to build and we’re reused it often. I’m excited to let you know that this entire bee sensory bin kit is available in my Etsy shop,(as well as options for just the printable cards and menu.) It’s been a fun way to play while enhancing fine motor skills and learning effortlessly. 🐝✨
Hello, fellow craft enthusiasts! As a stay-at-home mom, I’ve discovered the joy of blending playtime with educational experiences for my two-year-old daughter. In our latest quest to explore the alphabet, we focused on the letter “A” with a series of crafts that not only sparked creativity but also taught valuable skills along the way. Here’s a roundup of our seven easy letter A activities, perfect for preschoolers!