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Color Recognition Fish Ocean Sensory Bin

May 20, 2019 by Sheryl Cooper

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Last Updated on June 9, 2024 by Sheryl Cooper

Inside: Put together a fish ocean sensory bin that builds color recognition skills! After scooping fish from water, sort and place in matching bowls. Hands-on learning!


Toddlers and preschoolers love to use real aquarium fish nets! I shared our ocean theme sensory bin where these nets were a huge hit with the small aquarium rock and pretend sea creatures. But I wanted something that would be easier for toddlers and young preschoolers without any choking hazards.

Hello fun color sorting fish sensory bin!

It’s all about scooping and pouring with this age group.

For this reason, I try to find fun ways to incorporate these in our sensory bins. Water is always a favorite, but sand and other materials work well, too. Also, if we have a child who likes to dump toys, we can redirect him to this type of sensory bin.


fish ocean sensory bin

Color Recognition Fish Ocean Sensory Bin

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Good ol’ Amazon did it again! I was searching for chunky plastic fish that toddlers could hold in their hands, scoop and pour. When I found what I was looking for, I realized I could pull together a color-sorting activity in our sensory bin.

Ta da!

I grabbed our color sorting bowls and aquarium fish nets, filled our sensory bin with water, added the colorful fish, and it was ready. That easy!

fish ocean sensory bin

The first thing the children did was fill the nets with as many fish as they could. They weren’t even thinking about the colors.

fish ocean sensory bin

They then dumped the fish into the bowls. Again, not thinking about sorting them by color.

fish ocean sensory bin

They were simply having fun building their fine motor skills while filling and dumping, over and over again.

fish ocean sensory bin

Super simple and fun, right?

For those of you at home, try this in the bathtub!

fish ocean sensory bin

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Filed Under: Colors, preschool, Sensory Bins, summer activities, Toddlers Tagged With: beach, colors, preschool, sensory, summer, toddlers

About Sheryl Cooper

Sheryl Cooper is the founder of Teaching 2 and 3 Year Olds, a website full of activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She has been teaching this age group for over 25 years and loves to share her passion with teachers, parents, grandparents, and anyone with young children in their lives.

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  1. A

    July 6, 2019 at 5:29 am

    where did you find the fish? When I clicked on the link you have it does not take me to the right link. The link takes you to a ukulele listing.

    • Sheryl Cooper

      July 6, 2019 at 7:41 pm

      Unfortunately Amazon sold out of them! I’m keeping the link up in case they restock. I’m bummed!

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