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Alphabet sensory bin for spring

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alphabet sensory bin for spring - the measured mom

L is for letters, so we kicked off our letter exploration with this alphabet sensory bin.

I decided to do color the pasta myself, and this is what I used:

alphabet pasta, rubbing alcohol, food coloring

That’s about 15 bags of tiny alphabet pasta, a little rubbing alcohol, and a fair amount of food coloring.  The pasta was only 33 cents a bag! The funny thing is, if I’d have bought Da Vinci’s brand a few aisles over, the pile would have cost me close to $20 instead of just 5 bucks.  Word to the wise: Check the Mexican food aisle first.

To color the pasta, I followed the same procedure I used when coloring rice.  You can read about it in my Colored Rice Sensory Bin post.

To begin the activity, I had my Five use a Sharpie marker to write one letter on each of 26 glass gems.  As she is always begging me to use the Sharpie (and I always say no), she was thrilled.

gems in colored alphabet pasta

Then we buried the gems in the letters and gave my Two this Spring printable:

spring tulips printable

Get a copy here: Spring Alphabet Match

First he dug his hands into the letters (something all my kids have enjoyed doing in the days preceding this activity).

child digging in bin of colored alphabet pasta

As he dug out the letters he named them and found their match on the printable.

child with spring tulips printable, gems, and colored alphabet pastaHis big sister really enjoyed helping him find the letters.  He needed a little help with some letter names, too.

children with alphabet sensory bin

This was so interesting that my Four climbed up to watch, too.

children with alphabet sensory bin

If you’re wondering why we were doing this on the table, it’s because I have a 14-month old who would not be able to keep his hands out of this box of choking hazards.

My Two loved it and was ready to play again when we finished.  For a similar idea, see Letter Hunt & Match.

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Filed Under: General Tagged With: sensory play, Pre-K, fine motor, preschool, kindergarten, spring

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14 Comments

  1. em

    August 6, 2014 at 8:29 am

    You are a genius! Thank you!!!!

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  2. Karyn

    April 12, 2013 at 9:20 pm

    I love that you used the Alphabet pasta! What a fun idea. Thanks for linking to Share It Saturday. I’ll be featuring this tomorrow.

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    • annageig

      April 12, 2013 at 9:48 pm

      Thanks so much for the feature, Karyn!

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  3. Ann @ My Nearest and Dearest

    April 10, 2013 at 7:37 pm

    What a fun way to practice the alphabet! I love all your letter activities, Anna. You have great ideas! 🙂

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    • annageig

      April 25, 2013 at 2:23 pm

      Thanks for commenting a couple weeks ago, Ann – sorry I’m late with this reply! I have really been enjoying your blog, too – you have such beautifully simple ideas for exploring the world. That’s not my strength, so I love the inspiration!

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  4. Lindsay

    April 9, 2013 at 12:08 pm

    Love this idea! Thanks for sharing!

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    • annageig

      April 25, 2013 at 2:22 pm

      Thanks for stopping by, Lindsay! I’m a little late replying to you — using today’s naptime to catch up on my comments 🙂

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  5. Pinkoddy

    April 7, 2013 at 4:57 pm

    This is an amazing idea – and something I could really do with my youngest too. Thanks for sharing – oh and loving the Spring theme again.

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  6. Debbie @ http://kidsbibledebjackson.blogspot.com/

    April 5, 2013 at 7:40 am

    That looks like fun! Thanks for sharing the ideas at TGIF!

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    • annageig

      April 25, 2013 at 2:22 pm

      Sorry to be so late to reply to your comment, Debbie — thanks so much for visiting and commenting 🙂

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