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Sensory Bag Idea & Freebie

August 22, 2014 By Mary Amoson 14 Comments

Sensory Bag idea and Freebie
 I saw this AMAZING idea on Pinterest all about sensory bags using sight words and rice.
http://handsonaswegrow.com/i-spy-sensory-bag/
And I was inspired.
I wanted to make a sensory bag for the beginning of the year fun…
and do it my way.
So I look some white cardstock and crayons and wrote letters on the paper.
{I did trim the paper beforehand to make sure it fits into the baggie.
I made 6 versions of this…
all with the same color letters on each one.
The color was the same,
but the location of the letters was not the same.
Then I put each sheet into a gallon size baggie.
I had some colored rice, so I added it to each bag.
 At small groups today,
each learner looks through the baggie to find the letter buried in the rice.
When they find their letter,
they take the SAME COLOR crayon and
trace over it or color that letter on the answer sheet.
How much fun is this?
I also tried the same thing with white rice.
The colors really stick out this way.
This is def the way I would go next time using the colored crayons if you opt to use rice.
We did discover two problems.
Some of my little learners had trouble with the rice and
one friend did poke a whole in the bag.
{Accident or intentional? Who knows}
We also had lots of the rice getting under the paper,
thus making the project not as much fun.
So I tried the same idea with elbow pasta…
 It also worked great and I got NO HOLES in the bag.
I also took a few minutes to TAPE down the card stock to the bottom of the bag FIRST.
{I put tape all the way around the paper so no pasta could get behind it.}
 This created the ultimate success for me and my students.
Laminating the sheet first will help too.
I made this printable in uppercase and lowercase letters for you to grab for free.
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B0xbOAza470GVkxuSFFUNU1GX0k/edit?usp=sharing
I can’t wait to try this again with my class.
Do you think you will give this a try in your classroom?

And if you need more phonics help?

Keep in mind I have letter packs that will make letters so much fun!
https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/My-Products/Category:54957
Also try out these FUN and engaging
20 Questions Letter Games.
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Comments

  1. TheElementary MathManiac says

    August 22, 2014 at 2:03 pm

    This would also be great for numbers!

    Tara
    The Math Maniac

    Reply
  2. Luv My Kinders says

    August 22, 2014 at 4:58 pm

    Love this idea Mary! We will be doing this next week. I have quite a few this year that need practice learning their letters. Thanks so much for sharing.

    ~Laura
    Luv My Kinders

    Reply
  3. ronnie says

    August 22, 2014 at 9:09 pm

    Thank you.

    Reply
  4. LindsayD says

    August 22, 2014 at 10:16 pm

    Numbers would be awesome too! Thanks so much! This will make great "word work" and/or writing work for D5! 🙂 Thanks!

    Reply
  5. Ellen says

    August 23, 2014 at 5:08 am

    What a great idea, portable sensory bags! I'm definitely going to make some for my classroom!

    Reply
  6. Suzanne Grisham says

    August 23, 2014 at 1:54 pm

    Thank you for sharing! I have capital letters made out of foam. They are textured too. (Sassy Count & Spell Bath Appliques) I have had them put up for over a year trying to decide how I wanted to use them. You have inspired me to use the letters in my sensory table! I will use it this week at school. Awesome!

    Reply
  7. MrsS says

    August 24, 2014 at 3:26 am

    What a fantastic idea! Thanks for sharing!
    -Andrea

    Reply
  8. Betsy Brown says

    August 24, 2014 at 5:12 pm

    This is just too clever. I am going to spend Labor Day weekend filling bags with rice and/or pasta. Love this for my kinder-bears. Thank you.

    Reply
  9. Emilie Davenport says

    August 25, 2014 at 1:15 am

    I appreciate you cutting the size down to save ink and paper!

    Reply
  10. Miss Peden says

    September 3, 2014 at 2:10 am

    I love this! I am using it in my classroom this week and my kids are loving it too! Going to share about it on my blog as a part of my weekly literacy center update. I am giving you full credit and linking back to your blog!

    Reply
  11. Cordial says

    August 12, 2015 at 1:35 am

    This is great! Thanks for a wonderful idea.

    Reply
  12. Belle11 says

    August 13, 2015 at 1:09 pm

    Thank you so much! This would be even better for first grade if the lines were added so they were getting printing practice as well.Great idea!

    Reply
  13. Keri Cox says

    August 25, 2015 at 1:24 pm

    Thank you so much for this cute idea AND the probs/solutions you encountered! Can't wait to make for my kinders!

    Reply
  14. Kathleen says

    June 22, 2017 at 12:52 pm

    I can’t wait to try it.
    Maybe for beginning sounds hide pictures. Like a red ant=trace the “a” red, blue bucket….
    Or hide the colored letters color the pictures corresponding color?

    Reply

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