15+ Winter Sensory Bins for Preschoolers- Fantastic Fun & Learning (2024)

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These winter sensory bins are great for children to develop their fine motor skills while diving into sensory play. They make a wonderful addition to your winter theme activities, and they’re sure to put your kids in the mood for the winter season!

Get even more winter theme inspiration in our complete set of winter theme preschool lesson plans.

Winter Sensory Bins

This Snowball Water Play Winter Activity is a super fun indoor winter activity for toddlers and preschoolers. It is especially great for kids that live in warmer climates to be able to play with snow.

Scooping and pouring all of the fun items in this adorable Easy Winter Sensory Bin will help kids to develop hand-eye coordination, as well as basic concepts of measurement.

If it’s too chilly to play outside but you don’t want the little ones to miss out on snow fun, they are sure to love this Winter Sensory Bin for Toddlers.

This super cute Winter Sensory Bin is a simple way for your toddler and preschool-aged children to explore winter with their senses while staying warm indoors.

This January Sensory Tub activity combines natural items with easy to find supplies that allow your kids to use their senses to experience winter.

Your winter-loving little ones are sure to have so much fun exploring their sense of taste when they try out this Edible Pretend Snow.

You will only need a few simple household items to create this Winter Sensory Bin. Your kids are sure to have a blast making these simple sensory snowmen.

All you need for this super fun Ice Bin Transfer Sensory Activity is two bins and a bunch of ice. Kids will have fun transferring the ice between buckets.

This adorable Easy Winter Sensory Bin for Toddlers and Preschoolers is filled with colors and a variety of textures and to promote exploration.

Kids will be able to let their little imaginations run wild with this Winter Sensory Bin that is full of many different textures, colors and even tea light candles.

The fun seasonal wintry theme of this Winter Counting Sensory Table is sure to give your toddlers or preschoolers endless hours of educational fun.

No need to go outside in the cold when your kids can have so much fun with this Pretend Snow Arctic Small World Sensory Play. They are sure to love exploring this pretend Arctic tundra.

If your kids are big fans of penguins, they are sure to love this Penguin Sensory Play. This activity allows them to play with a favorite animal while practicing their fine motor skills.

This adorable Fun and Simple Melted Snowman Sensory Activity will be so much fun for kids that love the snow but do not love the cold that comes with it. Plus, they’ll get to play with shaving cream which is sure to be a total blast!

Get the little ones really in the winter spirit with these super fun and delicious Hot Chocolate Sensory Activities.

PRINTABLE WINTER THEME LESSON PLANS

Save time and get right to the playful learning with ourprintable lesson plan sets. We have a variety of lesson plan sets that work well as winter themes. Each set includes over 30 playful learning activities related to the theme, and we’ve provided different versions for home preschool families and classroom teachers so all activities are geared directly toward your needs.

Watch this short video to see just a few examples of the types of activities and printables included in this set:

Watch this short video to see just a few examples of the types of activities and printables included in this set:

This set currently includes active hands-on learning ideas and the following printables:

1) 10 Little Trees Winter Song and Number Cards (in color and b/w)
2) Get Dressed for Winter Activity Mats and Clothing (in color and b/w)
3) Hot Cocoa Counting Mats 1-20 (in color and b/w)
4) Winter Color Matching Puzzles
5) What Can We Do in Winter? Emergent Reader (4 versions)
6) Child and Snow Angel Uppercase and Lowercase Alphabet Matching (in color and b/w)
7) Winter Number Cards 0-35 (3 versions in color and b/w)
8) Winter Roll and Graph (in color and b/w)
9) Winter Tree Dice Game (in color and b/w)
10) Winter Picture-Word Cards

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