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Fall Apple Sensory Bin for Toddlers and Preschoolers

October 14, 2013 by Sheryl Cooper

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Inside: This fall apple sensory bin is not only for preschoolers, but it can easily be adapted for toddlers, too. Lots of hands-on play!

Once we are officially into the fall season, we start our apple theme. Because we teach both toddlers and preschoolers, we are always looking for ways to be able to adapt our activities for both age groups.

 

I was thrilled when my co-teacher came up with this fun fall apple sensory bin! We were able to swap the smaller apples for the larger ones on the days our toddlers were in the classroom.

 

Both age groups got to explore their 5 senses! (The taste came afterwards when we made our yummy applesauce.) What a fun way to welcome fall!
Fall Apple Sensory Bin for Toddlers and Preschoolers

 

Fall Apple Sensory Bin for Toddlers and Preschoolers

Fall is the perfect time to explore. We see beautiful colors, we hear the birds and the squirrels, we smell the crispness in the air, and we taste the freshness of pumpkins and apples and other bounties of our fall harvest.

 

fall apple sensory bin

 

Last week’s focus was on apples. We asked our 3 year olds’ families to pick out an apple from a farm, backyard, or store and bring it to school. We compared our apples in size, shape, and color. We had a taste test and made applesauce.

fall apple sensory bin

 

We spun paper apples in salad spinners to display on our paper tree.

 

fall apple sensory bin

 

And then we introduced our fall apple sensory bin.

fall apple sensory bin

 

What we used in our sensory bin:

  • dry oatmeal
  • pretend apples (use larger apples for those under 3, or if your child is still putting things in his mouth)
  • small burlap bags
  • cinnamon sticks
  • various tin scoops

 

fall apple sensory bin

 

Then we added child-size cookware to make “pies”.

 

Sensory bins like this allow for lots of scooping and sifting and pouring.

 

fall apple sensory bin

 

The added cinnamon sticks provide a pleasant apple pie scent.

 

How we adapted this for our toddlers:

 

We substituted larger plastic apples for the smaller ones. We talked about how they were just pretend, so they weren’t for tasting. But if they did want to taste a real apple? They were given that opportunity, of course. Apple slices for anyone who desired!
Fall Apple Sensory Bin for Toddlers and Preschoolers


Here are more fall activities you might be interested in:

 

  • Fall Activities for Kids
  • Easy Applesauce Made By Kids
  • Apple Prints by Toddlers

 

 

 

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Filed Under: Fall Activities, preschool, Sensory Bins, Toddlers Tagged With: fall, 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. Clarissa Hooper

    October 14, 2013 at 4:37 pm

    What a great fall activity to explore fall scents! May need to try this with my son 🙂

  2. Norah Colvin

    October 15, 2013 at 10:27 am

    What a delicious activity!

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