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Color Sorting Fall Sensory Bin for Preschoolers

September 12, 2014 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: This fall sensory bin for preschoolers builds color recognition skills as the pom poms are transferred to matching colored containers.

If you’ve been reading my blog for awhile, you know I love using pom poms for a variety of activities. (Remember our spring color sorting bin?)

Young children can handle them easily and appreciate their soft texture. They are fun to pick up with the fingers or scooped with tongs or spoons. They fall gently when they are dropped and fit nicely into different containers. We seriously have pom poms for every season and holiday!

Here is a simple, playful sensory bin your children will enjoy this fall.

Color Sorting Fall Sensory Bin for Preschoolers

 

Color Sorting Fall Sensory Bin for Preschoolers

What you will need:

  • red pom poms
  • orange pom poms
  • brown pom poms
  • green pom poms
  • plastic bug tongs
  • small fabric leaves
  • plastic containers
  • sensory bin or plastic tub to put on table or floor

Fine Motor Sensory Bin for Fall

 

Setting up this fall sensory bin:

Fill bin with all of the materials.

 

Fine Motor Sensory Bin for Fall

 

 

Fine Motor Sensory Bin for Fall

Before introducing this to our preschoolers, we read some fall books.


Fine Motor Sensory Bin for Fall

 

We then invited them to pick up the pom poms and leaves with the tongs and place them in the containers.

 

Fine Motor Sensory Bin for Fall

 

 

The pom poms are soft and fit nicely in the children’s hands, too!

 

Fine Motor Sensory Bin for Fall

 

For younger children, placing fingers and thumbs through handles might be a challenge, so you will see them opening and closing them from the base. Eventually with practice, they will be able to hold the handles. This is a wonderful pre-scissor exercise!

 

Other Fall Sensory Bins:

 

  • Fall Apple Sensory Bin
  • Fall Sensory Table Using Birdseed and Sunflower Seeds (FSPDT)
  • Fall Sensory Bin with Pumpkin Playdough (Wildflower Ramblings)
  • Fall Literacy Sensory Bin (Little Bins for Little Hands)
  • Fall Leaves Water Sensory Bin (And Next Comes L)

 

Color Sorting Fall Sensory Bin for Preschoolers

 

 

More fall ideas for young children:

20+ Free Fall Printables For Preschoolers

Beautiful Watercolor Leaves

Apple Stand Dramatic Play



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Filed Under: Fall Activities, preschool, Sensory Bins, Toddlers Tagged With: fall, fine motor, preschoolers, sensory, 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. Tricia

    September 17, 2014 at 10:03 pm

    Hi. Where do you get the tongs?
    Thanks for all your great ideas!

    • Sheryl

      September 18, 2014 at 5:40 am

      Hi Tricia! Thank you! In the post I list the supplies. If you click on them, the link will take to you where they can be purchased.

  2. Suzanne Holt

    September 20, 2014 at 2:28 pm

    What a great way to get kids to engage in the season. I have pinned it on my “Sensory Experiences” board.

    • Sheryl

      September 23, 2014 at 6:11 am

      Thank you, Suzanne!

  3. Tiffiny

    September 21, 2014 at 10:18 pm

    Stopping by from the Sharing Saturday Linky. My daughter loves pom poms! I’ll have to put this together for her.

  4. Amy @ Wildflower Ramblings

    September 25, 2014 at 1:52 am

    Those scissor tongs look so fun!! Thanks for including our fall sensory bin, Sheryl!!!

  5. Emma

    September 27, 2014 at 3:32 pm

    I love how simple this one is – but so colorful and inviting too!

    • Sheryl

      October 5, 2014 at 10:18 pm

      Thank you, Emma! The longer I teach,the more I realize how simple is better. 🙂

  6. Samantha @ Stir the Wonder

    October 9, 2014 at 1:00 pm

    What a fun and simple bin for fall! Thanks for linking up at the Thoughtful Spot Weekly Blog Hop! We hope you stop by again next week!

  7. Susen @ Dabbling Momma

    October 13, 2014 at 3:37 am

    I love the tongs, off to purchase some!

  8. Deb

    November 16, 2014 at 6:36 am

    I would like to know where you purchased the containers. This information is not listed above.

    • Sheryl

      November 16, 2014 at 10:09 pm

      Hi Deb! I honestly am not sure where the containers were purchased, since they were given to us. I did a search on Amazon but could not find them. If I do, I promise to add the link to the post. Thank you for reading!

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