Earth Day Count and Fill Sensory Bin
Celebrate Earth Day with a hands-on activity that combines early math skills, color recognition, and environmental awareness. Our Earth Day Count and Fill Sensory Bin turns counting and sorting into meaningful play that preschoolers love. Grab the counting cards in our shop, and keep reading for all the details on this fun sensory and math activity!
You will need:
Earth Day Count and Fill Cards (find them here)
A bin or tub
Sensory base (we used rice, but you could use anything!)
Mini recycle bin or jar or cup
Porcupine ball counters (like these) or just print the included pictures
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Instructions:
Print and laminate the Earth Day Count and Fill Cards. The pack includes blank cards for you to write your own numbers. It also includes picture cards of each item, so you don’t need to purchase the actual counters to play if you don’t want to!
Fill the bin with your sensory base and the counters or picture cards.
Give your child the mini recycling bin, or print off the picture of the bin and attach it to a jar or cup.
Help them identify the number on the cards, then count that many items to put in the recycling bin. Once you’ve finished one card, dump the bin out and try the next one!
You can use scoops or tweezers to grab the items to add even more fine motor building and Earth Day sensory fun!
Video
Watch the video to see how to play!
Shop
You can find the Earth Day Count and Fill cards in our shop!
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