Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

Inside: Create a toddler ocean sensory bin that includes nets and jumbo sea creatures! Those little hands and fingers will be strengthened as the children scoop the nets in and out of the water. A fun hands-on learning activity!

Catching fish and other sea creatures using nets is always fun.

You might remember our ocean sensory bin that our preschoolers loved so much.

I used a similar idea, but adapted it for our younger children by using jumbo sea creatures. They were the perfect size for their hands! And, like all of our water table activities, this was well loved. Plus, it’s really easy to set up!

Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

Supplies (might differ a bit from what we used):

• Fish aquarium nets
• Bug catcher nets
• Jumbo Ocean Animals, similar to these
• Sensory bin (you can see ours here)
• We also added a bit of blue liquid watercolors

Setting up this toddler ocean sensory bin:

Add water to the sensory bin, with some blue tint (if desired). Add the ocean animals and the nets.

While having fun with this toddler ocean sensory bin, we also made an ocean in a bottle.

You can see how our classroom was set up for our beach theme in this post.

More toddler ocean activities:

Color Sorting Fish Water Table

Spool-Stamped Fish Art

Ocean Discovery Bottles

Beach and Ocean Books

• Commotion in the Ocean
• Mister Seahorse
• Hello World! Ocean Life
• The Rainbow Fish
• First Big Book of the Ocean

Toddler and Preschool Ocean Lesson Plans

I helped create these lesson plans along with a talented group of early childhood educators and home schoolers.

Easy to follow lesson plans include activity modifications and adaptations to meet the needs of all learners.

These activities come in a digital format. That means after you make a purchase, the links to the activities will arrive in an email.

For more information, click on the graphics below: