Ocean Water Bead Sensory Bin With Ocean Animals

Ocean is a big theme at our house. When we first started talking about which of the Giles Andreae books we wanted to read the girls picked out several of them and we picked them out. They finally picked the ocean book we had and loved by her!

And sensory bins are loads of fun for us to play in. You are going to explore lots of different ocean animals with kids. And sensory play is fun for kids in prek and kindergarten.

The Ocean Water Bead Sensory Bin is a great addition to the ocean 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.

Ocean Water Bead Sensory Bin

The ocean water bead sensory bin has ocean animals in a bin full of water beads. It makes a fun ocean animal sensory bin for kids.

It is a great sensory play activity for any ocean theme. Kids in prek (ages 3 to 4) and kindergarten (ages 4 to 5) will love this sensory bin.

Please be sure that this is used with kids who don’t put items in their mouths. Water bead sensory bins might not be for all kids.

Ocean Book We Read with the Ocean Sensory Bin

Commotion in the Ocean is one of our favorite books in the house. I think we have read it as many times as we have other books.

For a while, we read just one poem at a time. This is a book of poems about animals in the ocean.

What we used to make the Ocean Water Bead Sensory Bin

• blue water beads
• Safari Ltd Ocean TOOB
• Safari Ltd Coral Reef TOOB
• clear plastic storage bins

Remember to use water beads only with kids who don’t put things in their mouth. If you want a different ocean sensory bin check out this ocean sensory bin that does not use water beads.

Ways to Use the Ocean Water Bead Sensory Bin

You will see a few ways we have used the ocean water bead sensory bin with kids.

Read and Find the Animals

For out activity this month we read the Commotion in the Ocean poems and pulled out ocean animals from our Ocean Water Bead Sensory Bin.

A fun way to see the animal in the book and then find it with other ocean animals. And a fun hands-on learning tool for kids.

Using the Sensory Bin With Different Ages of Kids

After we were done playing with the bead. This is a fun activity for all kids. They each got their own time with the bin.

My youngest talked about fish.

My middle said the beginning sound of each animal.

My oldest wrote down names and later wrote on the Ocean Writing Paper information about the animals. They had fun playing and taking turns looking at the animals

Group Sensory Play with Kids

They also enjoyed just playing all together with in the ocean water bead sensory bin. It lets them enjoy some times learning to share.

You could also do a mini ocean animal sensory bottle for kids to enjoy.

Explore Textures in the Ocean Sensory Bin

Be sure to take time to look at all the different textures in the water bead sensory bins. The ocean toobs make this lots of fun.

You can see the different textures on the ocean animals compared to the smooth water beads.

More Ocean Sensory Bins

Ocean Sensory Bin has beans and different ocean animals for kids to explore.

Penguin Water Bead Sensory Bin is a great land vs ocean sensory bin for penguins. You have foam for the land and blue water beads for the water and several penguins to use in the sensory bin.

Big & Small Ocean Water Bead Search is a fun sensory bin with big and small animals that match and you are searching and finding the matching animals or finding just the small animals in the sensory bin or the big animals in the sensory bin.

Ocean Rice And Rock Sensory Bin is a fun sensory bin with a rice filler. You have ocean animals with blue acrylic rocks. A simple sensory bin for any ocean theme.

Prehistoric Sea Life Water Bead Sensory Bin is a great sensory bin for historying to learn about creatures that used to live in the sea millions of years ago. And it is a great way to explore more about those sea creatures. And this also lets you see some of the fish and sharks that used to swim in the ocean.

Ocean Counters Sensory Bin is super simple to set up and has ocean counters, glass gems and rice. You can sort colors, shapes or just play. It is a great one to add to a counting mat as well.

Check out all the fun Ocean & Beach Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com