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Color Recognition Fish Ocean Sensory Bin

May 20, 2019 by Sheryl Cooper

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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.

Fun Color Sorting Fish Sensory Bin

 

Color Recognition Fish Ocean Sensory Bin

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, and it was ready. That easy!

(Note: Since writing this post, the chunky plastic fish we used are no longer available. 😢 Something like these might work, though.)

 

Fun Color Sorting Fish 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.

Fun Color Sorting Fish Sensory Bin

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

Fun Color Sorting Fish Sensory Bin

 

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

Fun Color Sorting Fish Sensory Bin

Super simple and fun, right?

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

Fun Color Sorting Fish Sensory Bin

 

More fun water table ideas:

Frog Water Bin

Toddler Ocean Water Bin

Weather 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 20 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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