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🌾 Dry Sensory Bins
1. Rice Bin
• Coloured rice or plain rice
• Add: scoops, cups, funnels, small toys
• Skills: tactile exploration, scooping, pouring, fine motor control
2. Pasta Bin
• Mix shapes: shells, penne, bow-tie
• Add: tongs, spoons, containers
• Skills: grasping, sorting, bilateral coordination
3. Beans or Lentils Bin
• Add: trucks, bowls, hidden objects
• Skills: hand strength, sensory feedback, attention
4. Sand Bin
• Add: mini spade, molds, hidden coins
• Skills: digging, tactile tolerance, pretend play
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💧 Wet -Messy Sensory Bins
5. Water Beads Bin
• Add: small animals, scoops, strainers
• Skills: fine motor, tactile acceptance, calming input
6. Foam Bin
• Shaving foam + food colour
• Add: alphabets, numbers, cars
• Skills: pre-writing, tactile desensitization
7. Water Play Bin
• Add: boats, sponges, cups, ice cubes
• Skills: pouring, squeezing, motor planning
8. Slime or Oobleck Bin
• Oobleck = cornflour + water
• Add: stones, toys
• Skills: cause-effect, sensory exploration
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🌿 Nature-based Sensory Bins
9. Leaf & Flower Bin
• Dry leaves, petals, twigs, seeds
• Add: magnifying glass
• Skills: nature exploration, smell, sound textures
10. Soil or Mud Bin
• Add: worms (plastic), mini garden tools
• Skills: messy play, proprioceptive input
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🎨 Theme-based Sensory Bins
11. Construction Bin
• Fillers: sand, gravel, small stones
• Add: diggers, trucks, scoops
• Skills: pretend play + fine motor
12. Alphabet Search Bin
• Fillers: rice or paper strips
• Add: plastic letters
• Skills: literacy, matching, attention
13. Colour Sorting Bin
• Fillers: pom-poms, coloured buttons
• Add: bowls in matching colours
• Skills: visual perception, sorting
14. Underwater Theme
• Fillers: blue water, shells, toy fish
• Skills: imaginative play, motor planning
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🎒 Sensory Bins for Tactile Desensitization
15. Smooth Texture Bin
• Rice, pasta, satin ribbons
16. Mixed Texture Bin
• Beans, pom-poms, sponges, kinetic sand
17. Rough Texture Bin
• Sandpaper pieces, pebbles, dry leaves
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