Pirate Treasure Rice Sensory Bin
Pirates are a fun summer theme and a great option for Talk Like a Pirate Day.
This simple pirate treasure sensory bin takes little time to prepare and is easy for kids to use. You have a collection of rice, gold and gems in the sensory bin for kids to explore.
Kids in preschool, prek, and kindergarten will love this sensory bin.
The Pirate Treasure Rice 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 of filler with small items.
Pirate Treasure Rice Sensory Bin
The Pirate Treasure sensory bin has a rice filler with gold and gems in the sensory bin. You could add other treasure items as well.
It takes less than a minute to set up. And kids in preschool (ages 3 to 4), PreK (ages 4 to 5) and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6) will enjoy the sensory bin. But remember older kids could use the bin as well.
What we used to make the Pirate Treasure Rice Sensory Bin
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Ways to Use the Pirate Treasure Rice Sensory Bin
You are going to see a few ways to use this pirate treasure sensory bin, but if you want one with pirates in it check out this other pirate sensory bin.
Let Kids Just Play in the Pirate Sensory Bin
One of the most important parts about is sensory bin is just playing in the sensory bin. They can hear the sound the rice makes on the gems and gold.
They can explore the difference in textures in the bin. And all of this can be done by just playing.
Ask for Gem Colors
If you want to add some fun activities asking for a gem color is great color activity for the sensory bin. You can ask for a green gem or purple. You could ask how many green gems can you find.
Sorting Gems and Gold In the Sensory Bin
You can have kids sort the gold and gems into piles in the sensory bin. They can sort through he rice and find both and sort them. They can sort in the bin or outside of the bin. Do what is best for the age of kids who are using the sensory bin.
Make Letters, Numbers & Shapes
You can have fun with letters, numbers and shapes in the sensory bin. If you have a space cleared out after sorting the gold and gems, you can use that space to make the letters numbers and shapes. You can suggest what to make. It is always fun to add letters they are working on in the sensory bin.
An example is the letter X for x marks the spot for pirate treasure.
Patterns with The Gems
You can do some simple patterns with the gems. You can see how we made AB patterns in the sensory bin. You could stitch and do gems and gold as well.
You could do ABC patterns with older kids.
Bury the Treasure in the Rice
A fun idea is to cover all the treasure with the rice. This can be a challenge and fun at the same time. You can see how well they can do with it. And It is a blast to add this fun activity for the pirate theme.
And then dig the pirate treasure out again. If kids find there is too much to bury then put less in the sensory bin.
Remember to Just Play In the Sensory Bin
Remember that sensory bins main purpose is for sensory play. Sensory bins can be hours of fun and if playing is all you do that is okay.
And let kids make a mess while they play in the sensory bin. Sensory bins are made for play. So just remember to let kids play.
More Pirate Activities for Kids
Chalk Pirate Flags are simple and fun to make! This is a great pirate craft that kids can make.
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 Pack is a themed pack that is great for 2 to 9. It has print and cursive options for kids. Plus the pirate pack has some older math. This is a great pirate pack with pirate activities that different ages can do.
Pirate ABC Easy Reader Book is a great way to work on ABCs and reading at the same time. You have 13 fun pirate themed words.
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 Sensory Bin is a fun sensory bin for kids to use. You have pirate, gold coins and rice for the sensory bin.
Check out all the fun Pirate Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
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