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April 20, 2015 By Nicole Franklin · 1 Comment

Baby Bird Eats the Worm! {fine motor sensory bin}

Wiggly worms!
Mother birds feed their babies wiggly worms while they stay safe in their nest. Those wiggly worms can be hard to hang on to!  This sensory bin is a big bird nest full of wiggly worms and baby birds waiting to be fed.  Strengthen fine motor muscles, work on color sorting, and have fun playing all at the same time!
Just like our sensory play ideas, this activity is full of super fun, developmentally appropriate learning!
feed worms to the baby birds fine motor, color sorting sensory bin from Modern Preschool
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Baby Bird Nest Supplies:
  • shredded brown paper (definitely paper, not Easter grass)
  • colored pipe cleaners
  • plastic birds (like these fun colored birds!)
  • clothespins
  • bowls for sorting
There are different ways to play in this sensory bin, depending on the learning level and age of the preschoolers.  Use clothespins to carefully pick out the colored worms.  Drop the colored worm into the correct color bowl for the birds.  Sort all the worms by color.  Be careful not to pull apart the nest, so no baby birds fall out!
Let younger learners use their own fingers to find the worms.  Instead of sorting colors, toddlers could also just collect and feed the birds with any worms they find!
Pretending to be a mommy bird has never been more fun!
feed worms to the baby birds fine motor, color sorting sensory bin from Modern Preschool
Linked books to go along with this sensory activity:



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    Myhomeofmanyblessings says

    March 12, 2016 at 5:06 pm

    We love Sensory Bins! I would love it if you would share your sensory ideas at my Sensory Bin Play Link Up!http://ourhomeofmanyblessings.com/sensory-bin-ideas/

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