Baby Bins: Insects

This week we kicked off our animal themed baby bins learning all about insects. We had lots of fun matching colors, painting, and trying out lots of sensory experiences as we learned about bugs.

These insect themed sensory bins and activities are great for learning and play and are completely baby safe. Baby Bins are the perfect way to learn, build language, play and explore with little ones between 12-24 months old.

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Here is a look at our 6 animal themed baby bins:

Here are the details for each of our activities:

"The Very Quiet Cricket" by Eric Carle has repetitive text and sweet cricket sound at the end which make it just the right length to hold little ones attention with a fun surprise at the end to kick off our insect theme. These Baby Bin plans are perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old.

Insect Theme Read Aloud:

For this week’s read aloud I opted for the hardcover version of The Very Quiet Cricket by Eric Carle. The repetitive text and sweet cricket sound at the end (only in the hardcover, not the board book version) make it just the right length to hold little ones attention with a fun surprise at the end.

This insect themed sensory bin is great for learning about insects and is completely baby safe. These Baby Bin plans are perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old.

Insect Theme Sensory Bin:

In this bin: green plastic grass, plastic insects, cups, fine motor tools, magnifying glass

This color bug match sensory bin is great for fine motor practice and exploration with an insect theme. It incorporates color names and matching in a simple way and is completely baby safe. These Baby Bin plans are perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old.

Color Bug Matching Bin:

In this sensory bin: color bugs from bug catcher game, black beans, fine motor tools, paper with rainbow color dot stamps

Aubrey used tweezers to grab each bug and match it to a color spot on the rainbow dot page. Then we practiced identifying colors, bug types and counting.

Ladybug Plate Craft:

Our painting craft this week was easy and quick to prep. First Aubrey painted the whole plate red with a foam brush. Then I gave her a circle shaped foam brush to add black spots. After letting the lady bug dry a bit, she glued on the paper shapes that I cut out to complete her ladybug.
Find the assorted paint brush pack here and the tempera paint I use here.

Insect Puzzle Bin:

In this bin: black beans, Melissa & Doug Insect Puzzle

Aubrey loves puzzles so now that she is over 2 most of our chunky puzzles are really pretty easy for her. But Puzzles + Sensory Bins = new life for old puzzles. Adding the hide and seek factor makes puzzles exciting enough to hold her attention again even when they are pretty simple.

This bee sensory activity is great for an insect theme and is a completely baby safe way to build fine motor skills. These Baby Bin plans are perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old.

Bee Sensory Bin:

In this bin: Honeycomb cereal, yellow pom poms, silk flowers, and bee finger puppets

Want all of this week’s animal themed activities for baby bins? You can grab them here:
On my site : Baby Bins: Animals {Plans and Printables}
On TpT: Baby Bins: Animals {Plans and Printables}

Tons of animal themed activities and ideas. Weekly plans include a book and 5 activities to try out (a mixture of sensory bins, crafts, fine motor and gross motor activities)! These Baby Bin plans are perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old.

Or you can grab our entire year of themes and plans:
On my site here: Baby Bin Bundle On TpT here: Baby Bin Bundle

A full year of Baby Bin plans and printables, perfect for learning with little ones between 12-24 months old. Weekly plans include a book and 5 activities to try out (a mixture of sensory bins, crafts, fine motor and gross motor activities)!

Then check out the rest of our 35+ themes on the Baby Bins Curriculum Main Page.