Winter Sensory Bin : I-Spy Sensory Game

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An easy pretend snow winter sensory bin that can be quickly turned into an I-Spy game tub with all the winter elements.

From the last couple of posts you can see that we have been having fun with our pretend snow. { Our simple winter sensory bin with sparkly snow and our pre-writing fun in sparkly pretend snow}

We used the same sparkly sensory material as base and I added some fun knick-knacks to the bin while slightly covering a few and full-on burying a few. I used the following items in the sensory bin. I have tried to link near similar products but you can use whatever you have on hand for this sensory bin I-Spy game.

This activity contains small, loose parts. 

• Clear Gems
• Acrylic Gemstones
• Sequins
• Pom Poms
• Glitter Pom Poms
• Mini Pom Poms
• Jingle Bells
• Buttons
• Beads
• Pirate Gems
• Winter themed stickers

I wrote down the items I’m adding to the winter sensory bin on individual  index cards. This was an on-the spot activity there wasn’t much planning since the kids were too eager to hunt for the stuff.  You could do the following simply things to incorporate some learning ( if you are inclined to, or else this can be for pure fun)

• Writing the items being added in the same color ( eg. simply writing red pom poms with a red marker with a small doodle of a pom pom) gives your younger player a chance to play this game independently since the clues are visual.
• Adding the items in a proper increasing order ( eg: 1 jingle bell, 2 buttons, 3 pom poms etc) gives  everyone a chance to practice counting, number recognition and one-to-one correspondence.

Since my 3 year old was also playing I just slightly covered a few items so that she will be encouraged to try and complete the game.

More challenging ones like looking for 10 white gems in a pure while sensory bin was very exciting for my 5 year old. This sensory bin I-Spy game taught them multiple things – obviously math, alertness, fine motor skills, being quick and many more unknown us haha!

After they found their treasure they would match them on the respective index cards as a big sign of victory!

Here is the completed sensory I-Spy game.

So, what do you think? Will your children enjoy playing this hunting game in a winter bin? If your kids would rather move around and find stuff, here is an idea for a backyard color hunt with sticky paper. Be sure to check out this game by clicking on the image.

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