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items This is my fourth year working as an assistant in a preschool classroom. These are some of mine and my students favorite classroom items.
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Sensory Tables
Sensory Table Filler
Sensory Table Accessories
Sensory Tables
Sensory tables are amazing. They can be relaxing, calming and centering. They are also get places to learn and explore.
This is a great table for dry sensory items!
Jonti-Craft Sensory Table
It's great to have dry and wet sensory tables to have different sensory experiences. These tables allow you to have both in about the same space as a larger sensory table if you are tight on space.
Uiifan 2 Sets Sensory Wood Sand & Water Table
This light table is a must for your sensory exploration.
Excellerations® LED Light & Bright Panel
These trays make great individual sensory bins. They work well with shaving cream, slime and finger paints.
Mifoci 24 Pack Large Plastic Art Trays 16x12
Sensory Table Filler
These are great ideas of what you can put in the table for exploration.
This stuff is amazing. You can add spices or essential oils to add a scent element as well. Highly recommend a smock to limit mess on clothes and frequent floor cleaning as it can be pretty messy and slick.
Cloud Dough Sensory Bin
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100+ of the Best Sensory Bins Ideas for Kids
This stuff is such an interesting experience. Sometimes as an adult it might give you a weirdly yucky experience but it is such a unique sensation. The kids seem to love it. It will definitely expand your sensory repertoire.
Excellerations® Wonder Wormz™ Sensory Tub - 1 lb Wiggle Sensory Material
Students love playing in sand. I've used it both dry and damp. When it's dry students can use funnels and look for buried items. If you spray the sand with a water bottle it allows the sand to be compacted and then students can use molds for fun shap...
Sun Joe Silica Play Sand, Ultra Fine, 20 Lb
We use these in both our water table and dry sensory table. In the water table you can pair them with a lemon juicer and students can squeeze the water out. In the dry table they can use tweezers to practice picking them up and sortingthem by size. I...
Poen 5000 Multicolor Pom Poms & 250 Wiggle Eyes
I add construction paper to our dry sensorytable. Students can practice tearing the paper. This can be remarkably difficult for students. You can also add scissors and hole punches to change it up. All of these help with fine motor skills and hand st...
Crayola Construction Paper Bulk Pack 480 Sheets
I add cotton balls to the dry sensory table along with clear plastic cups. You can either draw an orange triangle with black dots or you can add orange and black beads for the students to make snowmen. To make is more challenging you can add tweezers...
Simply Soft Premium Cotton Balls 600 Count
Shaving cream is so much fun. Students can draw in the shaving cream making shapes and letters. The shaving cream can be used as "glue" to stick foam blocks together to create buildings. You can use it to practice washing hands and making sure you ge...
Gillette Foamy Shaving Cream Sensitive 11oz 12pk
Sensory Table Accessories
These are some ideas that can enhance the experience.
These smocks are great because they protect sleeves as well.
BOUBONI 2 Pcs Kids Art Smock Long Sleeve
These are so fun and really help with concentration and balancing.
BESTAMTOY 36 PCS Wooden Sorting Stacking Rocks
Fun fall gems, great addition to sensory tables and for using as sorting objects.
Jenaai 228 Pcs Fine Motor Skills Toys Set
Fun Valentines charms, great addition to sensory bins and great for sorting tasks.
Hushee 276 Pcs Valentine Fine Motor Skills Toys
These are great for the light table! You can match lower case and uppercase letters.
67 Pcs Transparent Letters & Numbers Set
Use this in your water table with pom poms. Students can put the pom poms inside and practice squeezing out the water.
Y-ME Manual Citrus Juicer Lemon Squeezer
Tweezers are great for building fine motor skills and practicing pincer grasp.
Learning Resources Jumbo Tweezers - Montessori Tool
These are great as they have a variety of styles allowing students to practice different grib techniques.
Learning Resources Helping Hands Fine Motor Set