I thought this sensory table turned out super cute. The kids had a blast looking for the snowman pieces mixed in with the water beads.
I used ping pong balls from the dollar store to make the snowman heads. Just used an orange and black marker to draw the face,
The hats were foam paper hats that I cut out. They held up well in the water beads. They also hunted for black buttons. I added small white crystal formed beads that were a challenge to find.
Each kiddo spent a good 15 minutes enjoying the table and finding the items in the bin.
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Kay Willis-Bowers – yes. non-toxic
Are they for flower arrangements?
Kay Willis-Bowers From Michaels and the Dollar Store.
You can get them at Michaels or at the Dollar Store.
Where do you get water beads?
Where do you get the water beads? On objectives…along with sorting you could put in science and discuss states of mater and prtend the snowmen melted. Turn up the sorting a notch and have snowman parts.. differnt size or colors of buttons, different kinds of hats, etc…
What about a math objective for sorting? I would have to look at the ccs for K to be sure first. I know what you mean!
Looks like lots of fun! I just don't know how I would write up an objective. Common Core or NC Essential Standards. The only thing I can think of is to modge podge sight words to flat glass gems. Then have the students look for and read sight words or numbers to each other. Sad that it has come to this in kindergarten.