sensory tub

It was a dark & rainy Monday morning in Ames...what to do??? Well...when I was blog-hopping one day, I saw another mom who had created her own sensory tub. What better day to try it with Miss Keatin than today??? So, after a quick visit with daddy at work, we were off to the store to buy the supplies we needed: a big plastic tub and 2 huge bags of dried pinto beans. I put the tub on our screened-in porch, got out all the sand/water toys, and let Keatin explore! I would have to say the beans were a hit! We played together for about 30 minutes...before our tummies were hungry for lunch...but talked about how we will play with the beans again later when daddy gets home. :) And Keatin did a nice job of keeping the beans in the tub...we had a bit of a "discussion" about that before we started. :) I totally stole this idea from a more with-it mom...but Keatin loved it...and so did I. I plan on trying to change out the items in the tub every week or 2...things like dried corn kernels, rice, pasta noodles, etc... Should be a fun activity for Keatin and I to do together!



Scooping up the beans...

Filling a bucket with beans...


Using a sand shovel to add more beans to the bucket...


Getting in the tub to "hide" our feet in the beans...