Friday, May 22, 2015

Coral Reef Sensory Bin

Coral reef is our next animal habitat. I cut corals out of colored foam sheets and filled the bin with two shades of blue colored rice. I found the idea of painting fish on stones on this website. I took three pebbles and painted yellow, blue and red fish on them. We have played with marine life using water in the bin many times before so this time I decided to stay away from water. I thought my daughter would study corals and seashells closer if she is not distracted by water.


I told her that corals live under water and that most of sea creatures settle around them. We tried to remember all marine animals we knew, and then she just played with rice and fish. She also enjoyed hiding seashells in rice.





My other sensory bins with animal habitats:

African Swamp Sensory Bin

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/07/african-savannah-sensory-bin.html

Forest Sensory Bin

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/06/forest-sensory-bin.html

African Swamp Sensory Bin

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/06/african-swamp-sensory-bin.html

Indian and Indonesian Jungle Sensory Bin

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/06/indian-and-indonesian-jungle-sensory-bin.html

Tropical Island Sensory Bin

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/05/tropical-island-sensory-bin.html

Farm Sensory Bin

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/05/farm-sensory-bin.html

Frog Pond Sensory Bin

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/05/frog-pond-sensory-bin.html

Arctic Sensory Bin

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/05/arctic-sensory-bin.html

Desert Sensory Bin 

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/05/desert-sensory-bin.html

Ocean Life Sensory Bin

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/05/ocean-life-sensory-bin.html

African Savannah Sensory Bin 

http://funprojectsforyourkids.blogspot.com/2015/05/african-savanna-sensory-bin.html
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  1. ayon sahaSeptember 10, 2018 at 10:31 AM

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