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PSPKK123 January 25, 2013  •  11 Comments

A Simple Sensory Bin for Letter E

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Sensory Bin for Letter E - the measured mom We’ve just launched our first letter exploration!  We started with the letter E because it is one of the easiest letters to form.   Find out what we did with this simple sensory bin for letter E.

letter E items

Here are the things we came up with:

  • letter E stamps
  • toy elephants
  • envelope
  • egg (play food)
  • eight (puzzle piece)
  • plastic Easter egg
  • toy eagle
  • eyes (Mr. Potato Head’s)
  • ear (Mr. Potato Head’s)
  • envelope
  • Elmo figurine
  • Eeyore figurine
  • wooden E block
  • deer (whoops – my 2-year-old slipped that one in)

child finding letter E item

Then we poured dry rice and beans over everything.  Now it was time to dig the items out.

child finding letter E item

At first my little guy used his hands.

children finding letter E items

Then he decided that a spoon would work better.

sorted letter E itemsI helped my older son sort all the items by their beginning sound: long e and short e.  

We had a few oddballs: eye and eight.

child sorting toy egg and toy elephantI wrote some words on cards and had my older boy try to match them to the pictures.  I thought that he might be able to make an educated guess based on ending sounds and the length of the words.  This was too hard for him, so we quit after this first example.

child sweepingCleaning up is learning too!

  For fine motor, recommended books, math connections and more  for letter E — click on the image below! 

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11 Comments

  1. KRISTIN

    March 18, 2013 at 9:11 pm

    I need more E toys! I don’t think we have most of these things (as toys). Did you keep the rice and beans for another activity?

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  2. annageig

    March 18, 2013 at 9:40 pm

    Hi Kristin!
    Yes, I save the rice and beans for future sensory boxes. I used these for Farm in a Box (https://www.themeasuredmom.com/farm-in-a-box-letter-f-sensory-bin/). They would also work well for Letter Alphabet Hunt & Match (https://www.themeasuredmom.com/letter-hunt-match-a-whole-alphabet-activity-for-toddlers-preschoolers/).
    One thing that doing sensory boxes has taught me is to hang on to little trinkets and things that I’d otherwise throw away. They can come in handy for things like this!

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  3. Nurah

    August 26, 2014 at 10:40 pm

    looks fun. Intend to do also.

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  4. Tracy @ The UnCoordinated Mommy

    October 9, 2014 at 11:57 pm

    I am SO happy I found your site!! I am new to this whole homeschooling thing and I feel like I’m failing miserably. Mostly I’ve noticed that my three year old is having letter and number recognition problems and these activities are perfect!! I kow hes not necesaarily behind I think I was going at it all wrong, i am going to try and make it more about the fun and less about the letters themselves. Thank you!!!

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    • Anna Geiger

      October 18, 2014 at 9:09 pm

      Hi Tracy! Thanks so much for your comment. I know how easy it is to get stressed about what our little ones are (or are not) learning. I have to say I’ve lightened up as I’ve had more kids… out of necessity, I think! You’re right that for a 3-year-old it has to be more about the fun. It’s amazing how many playful ways there are to learn letters, counting, etc. — without traditional worksheets. I hope you keep finding things here to make your homeschooling journey easier. I had fun visiting your site!

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  5. Chelsea

    November 4, 2014 at 11:14 am

    I recently had a parent teacher meeting for my son at school. They did testing on how well the kids can sound out words like bat, cup ect. They were able to get max 50 and he received a 26. This obviously worried me so I asked why he got so low. When they tested them they did it with all the other kids in the classroom so when they asked him to sound out cup, he didnt pronounce c or the p. When i did this with him one on one at home he was able to do it. I think that using some of this and reteaching the letters would help. Any ideas on which ones to use?

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    • Anna Geiger

      November 7, 2014 at 6:23 am

      HI Chelsea! Is the problem that he he’s not sure of all his letter sounds? What grade is he in?

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  6. Alanna

    September 12, 2017 at 10:00 am

    Thank you so much for your site. It’s very helpful homeschooling my kindergarten son, who has to stay home for medical reasons!

    Reply to this comment
    • Anna G

      September 27, 2017 at 1:15 pm

      I’m so glad that my site is helping you with your kindergartner, Alanna!

      Reply to this comment

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