Poppy Sensory Bin for Veterans Day & Memorial Day
The Poppy Sensory Bin is a simple sensory bin you can use for Veterans Day and Memorial Day. It has a simple and easy set up with just a few items.
You have the fun poppies for the main part of the theme with the rocks and rice for fillers with the poppies.
You can use this poppy sensory bin with kids in prek and kindergarten. Older kids can use the sensory bin as well.
The Poppy Sensory Bin is a great addition to the Veterans Day 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.
What is a poppy a symbol for?
The red poppy symbolizes remembrance, the sacrifice of lives in war, and support for living veterans and their families.
Poppy Sensory Bin
The poppy sensory bin has a rice filler, with green rocks and resin poppy flowers. It is a simple sensory bin for Veterans Day. It does not take long to put together. You can use this sensory bin with kids in prek (ages 4 to 5) and kindergarten (ages 5 to 6).
Make sure the size of flower you use are okay for the age of the kids using the sensor bin.
Poppy History and Poppy Book For Kids
A great book to use with this poppy sensory bin is The Poppy Lady: Moina Belle Michael and Her Tribute to Veterans. You can learn all about the meaning behind poppies and Veteran’s Days.
What we used to make the Poppy Sensory Bin
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Ways to Use the Poppy Sensory Bin
You are going to see a few ways to use the poppy sensory bin and remember these are just ideas. You can use the sensory bin for what best works for the kids using the sensory bin.
Play in the Poppy Sensory Bin
Playing in a sensory bin is important. There are kids who need sensory play as much as other types of play. And the mixture of the rocks, rice and flower give different textures for kids. You can scoop, pour or just run you hands through the sensory bin.
And if the sensory bin get messed up that is okay. It is for sensory play not keeping organized.
Sort Poppies by Size
You can do a fun sorting activity. You can sort the poppies by size. The set of poppies we got have three sizes of flowers. You can have kids sort them in the sensory bin or outside of the sensory bin. It helps them hold and see the three different sizes.
Sort the Rocks and Poppies in the Sensory Bin
You can have kids sort the green rocks and poppies in the sensory bin. A great way to work fine motor picking up all the small items in the sensory bin.
And it also works on how the two are different the rocks and flower are. And each has a different mix of shapes for kids to pick up and hold with their fingers.
Make Letters with the Poppy Flowers
You can make letters, numbers or shapes with the flower or rocks. You can see we made the letter P with the poppies. You can give kids letter make or let them decide.
You could do the number of the day, or shape they are learning. You can do a letter one day and a shape the next day. Be creative with how you use the parts of the sensory bin.
And Remember To Just Play in the Sensory Bin
And always remember to just play in the sensory bin. You can add sensory scoops or tweezers. And then let them just play. And if the part of the sensory bin come out of the bin no big deal. Just scoop it back in or put a towel under to make clean up easier.
But just play in have fun with the sensory bin.
More Veteran’s Day Activities for Kids
Poppy Shape Tracing Printable has 11 shapes for kids to work on tracing and learning with a poppy theme for Veteran’s Day or Memorial Day.
Poppy Fine Motor Mat Printables are great for veterans day for kids to do activities. You have a poppy template, poppy tracing printables, and poppy dot marker printables.
Poppy Number Dot Marker & Counting has dot marker number with counting the dots on the poppy from 0 to 20 numbers with color and black and white options.
Veteran’s Day Weekly Packs has 5 days of printables with four pages for each day. You have six grade levels with prek, kindergarten, first grade, second grade, third grade, and fourth grade. Each of the packs has a mix of language and math for kids.
Poppy Flower Wreath Craft is a great wreath for Veterans Day. It is a great way to talk about poppies and their meaning for Veterans Day
Check out all the fun Veteran’s Day Activities & Printables on 3 Dinosaurs.
Check out all the fun Sensory Bin Activities on 3 Dinosaurs.
Cassie – 3Dinosaurs.com