The Serenity Collection-Sensory bins

Why we love Preschool Sensory Boxes

When a child is playing with a sensory bin, they are using several senses to learn about the world. They’re seeing how the rice moves, hearing the way salt sounds when it pours, feeling the tools in their hands.

Kids learn about life skills. In sensory boxes, that’s things like scooping, pouring, and dumping. Kids also learn transfer skills and how to manipulate tools, as well as figuring out different ways to fill containers.

Sensory play teaches critical pre-math skills. While scooping and pouring sensory bin filler into containers, your child is learning about measurement (how much will this container hold?) and estimating (three scoops? four?).

Sensory box play promotes independent play and pretend play. Children need the opportunity for purposeful play. They get the chance to concentrate and focus in a much different way than when they are using toys that tell them what to do or how to do it.

Preschool sensory boxes are child driven. Sensory bins provide the opportunity for truly independent, uninterrupted play. Your child chooses the tasks, tells the story and imagines things to be whatever they want.

Sensory boxes help develop fine motor skills. Gripping tools, filling and spilling containers. All those little muscle working together, building strength in their hands and fingers as well as developing hand eye coordination.

Sensory play instills self control. When children play with a sensory box, they are following a set of rules put in place to keep their play safe and contain the mess as much as possible. This is a low stress way to learn about boundaries and playing within a certain set of guidelines. To have access to something so fun and exciting, and maintain control of their body is HUGE for little ones.