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Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

May 21, 2018 by Sheryl Cooper

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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!

toddler ocean sensory bin

 

Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

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

Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

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.

Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

The children loved using the nets, as I suspected. But they also used their hands to make the ocean animals swim.

Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

Then, they showed me how many ocean animals they could fit into a net.

Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

This is a great opportunity to ask them what type of ocean animals are in their nets.

Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

What colors are they? Which one is the biggest?

Super Simple Toddler Ocean Sensory Bin

And then, we stopped to say hi to the real fish that live in the aquarium in our hallway.

Setting Up the Beach Theme in the Toddler and Preschool Classroom

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.

toddler ocean sensory bin

 

More toddler ocean activities:

Color Sorting Fish Water Table

Spool-Stamped Fish Art

Ocean Discovery Bottles

 

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

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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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