Publisher Description

The Best Sensory Bins for Endless Creative Play Engage (BOOK) your child in hours of play with Mandisa Watts's colorful collection of sensory bin activities that aid with memory formation, language development, problem-solving skills and more. Perfect for toddlers from eighteen months to three years old and beyond, each bin makes use of materials you already have at home and helps reignite your kids' interest in toys long forgotten. Boring afternoons are made exciting with awesome animal-based bins, like Salty Shark Bay or Yarn Farm. Pretend play bins like Birthday Cake Sensory Play or Bubble Tea Party encourage creativity and imagination. And your kids will have so much fun they won't even know they're getting smarter with STEAM (science, technology, engineering, art and math) activities like Sink or Float Soup, Magnetic Letter Hunt or Ice Cream Scoop and Count. With setup instructions, details on how to guide your child through each activity, suggestions for what to talk about with your child as they play and other useful tips, Mandisa gives you all the information you need for creative sensory activities your kids are bound to love. (This is a book.)

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Sensory play is important to children's development, and Mandisa Watts?s creative sensory bins are the perfect way for parents and caregivers to interact with toddlers and preschoolers in fun, engaging ways. With endless options for variations, sensory bins are large tubs or bins that are filled with a variety of materials?such as rice, paper, water, toys, and foliage?for children to poke, prod, squish, and squeeze.Water sensory bins are the perfect activity for a warm summer afternoon, and kids are sure to love bins like Silly String Water Worms and Arctic Ice Castles. Are the kids bored of some of their once beloved toys? Introduce those toys back into playtime in fun new ways in bins like Shiny Puzzle Hunt and Lego House Painting. You can even use materials found in your pantry to make a Green Pea Smash bin or a Cookie Cutter Painting bin. A wide variety of exciting activities mean that there?s a bin for toddlers and preschoolers of all ages?and many bins will be engaging and entertaining for everybody from an 15-month-old to kids on the verge of entering kindergarten. This book has 60 projects and 60 photos. (This is a book.)

Author Biography

Mandisa Watts is the creator of Happy Toddler Playtime, where she shares activities for toddlers and preschoolers. She lives in Toronto, Canada, with her husband and three children. (This is a book.)

Review

"Mandisa provides such creative, playful and useful resources for parents of toddlers and preschoolers! I rely on her for unique and easy-to-set-up activities that keep kids engaged. As a mom, she is an authority at giving realistic ideas that actually work!"
--Kristina Buskirk, owner and creator of Toddler Approved! "These imaginative sensory bins will make you explore the world from your child's eyes as they engage in fun age-appropriate themes. This book breaks down each activity's setup with helpful tips, so you can focus on playing and learning with your kids."
--Agnes Hsu, creator of hello, Wonderful and author of My Color Is Rainbow "I adore everything Mandisa creates. From her famous uses of squeeze pouch caps to creative ideas with pom-poms, her projects are always a guaranteed fun time for our family!"
--Beth Rosenbleeth, founder of Days with Grey and creator of Breakfast Invitations

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Keep little hands busy while exposing toddlers and preschoolers to new experiences and textures with exciting sensory bins from Mandisa Watts of Happy Toddler Playtime.

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"Mandisa provides such creative, playful and useful resources for parents of toddlers and preschoolers! I rely on her for unique and easy-to-set-up activities that keep kids engaged. As a mom, she is an authority at giving realistic ideas that actually work!" --Kristina Buskirk, owner and creator of Toddler Approved! "These imaginative sensory bins will make you explore the world from your child's eyes as they engage in fun age-appropriate themes. This book breaks down each activity's setup with helpful tips, so you can focus on playing and learning with your kids." --Agnes Hsu, creator of hello, Wonderful and author of My Color Is Rainbow "I adore everything Mandisa creates. From her famous uses of squeeze pouch caps to creative ideas with pom-poms, her projects are always a guaranteed fun time for our family!" --Beth Rosenbleeth, founder of Days with Grey and creator of Breakfast Invitations

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Keep little hands busy while exposing toddlers and preschoolers to new experiences and textures with exciting sensory bins from Mandisa Watts of Happy Toddler Playtime.

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