Bug Sensory Bin with Bean Filler

Exploring bugs is always fun. Sensory bins are a great way to explore something and get a great sensory experience at the same time. This is a good activity to add on when doing the Bug Pack.

The Bug Sensory Bin is an excellent addition to the bug activities and sensory bins on the site.

What is a sensory bin?

A sensory bin is typically a plastic tub or container filled with carefully selected materials and objects to stimulate the senses of children in preschool.

Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items.

Bug Sensory Bin with Bean Filler

This is a fun Bug sensory bin with a bean mixture for the filler. We have random bugs in the sensory bin from different types. This is a fun way for kids to see other types of bugs. Plus, they get sensory play.

Book to read with the Bug Sensory Bin

A fun book to read about bugs is Bugs! Bugs! Bugs! by Bob Barner. You get to look at the bug and see the movement that the bug makes.

What we used to make the Bug Sensory Bin

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• mixture of beans
• ladybug
• monarch butterfly
• praying mantis
• orange-kneed tarantula
• insects
• cups
• paper bin with lid

Ways to Use the Bug Sensory Bin

One of the first things she always does is bury as many bug and insects as she can. She also wants to see what ones fit into the cup and which ones don’t. This is always fun to watch as she explores what they are.

Next she wanted to sort out which bug and insects had wings and which did not. This was fun to watch her try and decide if it had wings or not. Some she knew and when she did not know she would ask.

After sorting them she did some playing that was just bugs and insects that could fly and those that could not.

She played with the bugs for some time. She did some scooping and pouring of the bugs, She also did just butterflies at one time. She really did enjoy the bin.

As always I leave sensory bins around for up to a week while we work on a theme. She will do some play with her older sisters as well. It is fun to play with the beans and explore the bugs.

Here are some other fun bug and insect activities and printables for kids

Fun Sensory Play in an Ant & Kinetic Sand Sensory Bin lets kids shape and make an ant hill for them to play with. This is loads of fun for kids to explore ants, count ants, build things for the ants to play in.

Sensory Play With Water Bead Bug Sensory Bin is loads of fun for exploring for bugs. You have a ix of bugs and green water beads for kids to explore the bugs in.

Wiggly And Squirm With The Bug Gross Motor Dice is loads of fun to get the wiggles out! You have six fun movements with a gross motor dice and a gross motor speed dice as well.

Check out all the Bug & Insect Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com