A Back to School sensory bin is the highlight of my three-year old day!  She stays busy for at least an hour while I homeschool the older children. I place the sensory bin on a blanket so it makes it easy if she accidentally drops some popcorn kernels out of the plastic bin.

FUN Back to School Sensory Bin and ideas!

I am not sure if it’s the vibrant colors or the FUN things I included in this Back to School sensory bin, but this is by far her favorite sensory bin yet. 

All of the items I purchased at our local Dollar Tree.  If you haven’t been there yet, they have a lot of fun back to school supplies. However, you might want to go alone because your kids will go nuts in there. They have a huge selection of back to school items. 

Items Included in Back to School Sensory Bins:

  • crayons
  • pencils – make sure they are not sharpened
  • alphabet letters – I found these in the kitchen section as magnets
  • mini spiral
  • kid’s scissors
  • HUGE eraser
  • pencil sharpener
  • a lock
  • big calculator
  • toy bus
  • magnify glass
  • magna doodle
  • plastic apple
  • small Dr. Seuss erasers

FUN back to school sensory bin

I usually store all the themed items in a large zip-lock bag for a later date. You can simply reuse the popcorn kernels for another entertaining sensory bin. I like to switch out the sensory bins out every month.

However, I do always keep the ABC sensory bin one out for teaching phonics. On special occasions I let her play with the ABC sensory bin when she is simply playing by herself, but usually I just let her play with the abc sensory bin when we are working on letter sounds during her preschool time. 

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Can you think of anything else FUN to put in the Back to School sensory bin?

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