Pirate Sensory Bin – Fun Pirate Sensory Play

The Pirate Sensory Bin is a great pirate sensory activity for kids in preschool, prek and kindergarten.

You have funhands-on learning activity with pirates and the coin sensory bin! This Pirate sensory bin is fun for any kid who wants to have a pirate sensory bin.

You can explore different types of coins and different pirate themes while playing in this simple to set up sensory bin.

The Pirate Sensory Bin is a great addition to the pirate activities and sensory bins on the site.

What is a sensory bin?

A sensory bin is typically a plastic tub or container filled with carefully selected materials and objects to stimulate the senses of children in preschool.

Sensory bins might have rice, water beads, corn, beans, or other types filled with small items.

Pirate Sensory Bin

The pirate sensory bin is great for a pirate theme or talk like a pirate day. You have different pirate themes mixed in with different coins. A great sensory bin for preschool (ages 3 to 4), prek (ages 4 to 5) and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6).

You have rice as the filler for the sensory bin.

Pirate Books to Read with the Sensory Bin

There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Fish is a fun sequencing book with a pirate theme. These are fun to red with kids’.

You could also read There Was an Old Pirate Who Swallowed a Map! We love the books in this series and they are always fun for each theme we do with them.

What we used to make the Pirate Sensory Bin

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• Pirate Toob
• money
• rice
• paper bin with lid

Ways to Use the Pirate Sensory Bin

You will see a few ways to use the pirate sensory bin. But remember play is the most important part of the sensory bin. After you finish the sensory try this fun pirate porthole craft!

Play in the Pirate Sensory Bin

As always I let them just play with the pirate sensory bin. It is fun to see what they will do and how they adapt play from older sensory bins to the current one. And sensory bins can just be free play and kids will love it.

Sorting Pirate & Pirate Items

We sorted the pirates and their items. We talked about the different items in the pirates have. Their favorite was the ship.

You can use the pirate pack to help with vocab words as well.

Look at the Different Coins in the Sensory Bin

Once we had all the pirates and their items out we looked at the coins. They sorted out some of the coins and talked about their names. We looked at quarters and pennies this time.

You can ask them to give you certain coins as well. We looked for each type of coin on the sensory bins.

Remember to Just Play in the Pirate Sensory Bin

Don’t forget that the most important part of a sensory bin is just letting them play. The girls liked to pour coins and rice from hands to hands to the bin. As always I love to keep bins around for a week so I can see how they play with each item. You can dig through and play in the sensory bin and it is fun.

More Pirate Activities For Kids

Talk Like a Pirate No-Prep Weekly Packs fun weekly packs that have 5 days of printables with 4 pages per day. You have Prek, Kindergarten, First Grade, Second Grade, Third Grade, and Fourth Grade.

Pirate Flag Fine Motor Mat Printables is great for talk like a Pirate day and any pirate theme. The pirate flag fine motor printable has two pirate flag templates, two pirate flag tracking fine motor mat, and two pirate flag dot marker printables.

Pirate Number Dot Marker & Counting are a great way to work on numbers and counting. You dot marker the number and counting the dots on the pirate chest. You have numbers 1 to 20.

Chalk Pirate Flags are simple and fun to make! This is a great pirate craft that kids can make.

Build Up Summer Learning: Week 1 Pirate has tot through third grade levels for kids to use! You have a mix of activities for a week of fun printables.

Check out all the fun Pirate Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.

Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com