Water is one of the easiest sensory bins you can create! All you need is a container and some water! From there you can always add colors (food coloring is best for keeping things edible), small toys, cups or scoops, or for older children- more containers to move the water around!
Cleanup is a breeze- throw a towel on it!
The Bug is pulling up on EVERYTHING... We put our ocean animals TOOB in the water.
The main game with water is always to eat the animals. Octopi are his favorites (he has a tub toy octopus too...)
I encourage him to splash and we talk about what animals he is picking up. The advantage of the Safari TOOBs is they print the animal type on the animal so I can say Hammerhead Shark without question!
I also encouraged the Bug to make waves. He isn't quite old enough yet but talking is a major part of his language introduction so we try hard to have monologues (and occasionally babbling dialogues) with him about things!
He was SOAKED after this activity so be prepared. If you don't have animals or want a safe alternative add warmer water and colored ice cubes! It's a great motor skill practice trying to pick up the ice cubes and you can talk about how the ice is melting and what colors you see at the same time!
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