Pediatric Physical, Speech, and Occupational Therapists Inspiring Play
Looking to have some Halloween Sensory Bin Fun? Halloween is one of our favorite holidays for sensory play. Check out our bin, the materials we used, and a few WTP Insider Tips on how to extend play. Basic Materials: Black Beans Dyed Rice (here’s how…
Nothing says October is here more than fun, silly Monster Learning Activities for Preschoolers! That’s why we are so excited to be diving into the Monster Unit of the Kids Play Tricks Curriculum! There are so many great ideas and little gems in this unit…
One of our favorite ways to play with and learn about letters is with a fun sensory bin. We made Chicka Chicka Boom Boom (one of our favorites) inspired bin! We encouraged Coco to dig and find letters to match to the alphabet on the…
Looking for a fun way to learn and play with letters? We love a good Alphabet Sensory Play Activity. Inspired by an awesome eggshell shape smash activity from @raisingdragons4, we created our own letter match and smash sensory bin. Coco identified uppercase letters written on…
Has your child been showing interest in learning about letters and the sounds they make? Consider making a Speech Sound Sensory Bin! We took some of our favorite mini objects from Speech Tree Co and froze them in a mini muffin pan. We practiced breaking…
We had so much fun combining sensory play, fine motor skills and pretend play with this Mr. Potato Head “Operation”-inspired sensory bin. We used tongs and grabbers to retrieve Mr. Potato parts to put him together and followed up with a doctor check up. Materials:…
Most kiddos love sprinkles and sweet treats. So today we used the remaining rainbow rice sprinkles we made this month and made a sweet treat sensory bin! Coco has been showing more interest in numbers and counting, so we used these gorgeously bright popsicles by…
We love getting messy with play dough and pretending to bake and create sweet treats! We made homemade funfetti and chocolate play dough and had a cookie decorating party! Click here for links for how to make these items: Rainbow Rice “Sprinkles” Funfetti Play Dough…
It’s no secret…Kids and Grown ups love chocolate! Here is a quick and easy recipe you can use to make the yummiest smelling chocolate play dough. Perfect for pretend cake baking or cookie making! So good! Ingredients: 2 tbs. cooking oil 4 tbs. cream of…
