Sensory Table

Sand & Water Table:

This sand and water table is great for building teamwork through playing car/boat wash! Get your cars, boats, and animals “dirty” while playing in the sand, then move over to the water side to wash them clean.
Functional Language: water, sand, wet, dry, car, boat, dirty, clean, wash

Wooden Sensory Table:

Create a multi-sensory experience by filling the double bins with different substances (water, sand, rice, puff balls, etc.). Talk about how the different substances feel and what actions you can do with each (pat, splash, pour, build, squish, etc.). There are so many functional language opportunities!
Functional Language: soft, dry, wet, hard, pat, splash, pour, build, squish

Helping Hands Sensory Scoops:

Perfect for rice, sand, beans, and dirt sensory tables. Practice increasing wrist rotation for self-feeding by scooping and pouring using the various scoops.
Functional Language: scoop, pour, my turn, your turn

Play-Doh:

Increase fine motor strength and coordination by squishing, flattening, rolling, and building with Play-Doh. Pretend you and your little one are making each other a meal and use the Play-Doh to design and create different food items.
Functional Language: squish, more, build, flat, press, food, yum yum

Magnetic Fishing Rod:

Put floating fish in the bathtub, baby pool, or water table, then use the fishing pole to “catch” the fish and reel them in. Great for practicing taking turns, increasing motor coordination and control, and increasing visual motor skills.
Functional Language: my turn, your turn, catch, fish

Non-Toxic Finger Paints:

Clear out your sensory table and line the bottom with paper (or tape multiple sheets of paper down on a table) and let your little one enjoy painting and drawing with their fingers. Great for toddlers beginning to practice tracing lines and circles.
Functional Language: paint, colors, circle, down, across

Kinetic Sand:

Hide different items throughout the sand, then take your little one on a “treasure hunt” to dig for and scoop out all of the hidden items.
Functional Language: treasure, “where is ___?”; dig; “I found…”

Tactile Shells:

Hide these colorful tactile shells in the sensory table filled with sand, rice, beans, or cotton balls. Have your little one close their eyes and use their hands to feel around the sensory table until they find a shell!
Functional Language: “I feel…”, shell, dig, sand, look

Sensory Bin Filler & Fine Motor Tools:

Fill sensory table (or a large Tupperware container) with puff balls, then have your toddler use the tweezers and scissors to pick out different colors to sort in the colored cups. Great for increasing hand strength and coordination for handwriting and preschool skills.
Functional Language: colors, soft, squish, squeeze, sort

Sand Table Toys:

Scoop, mold, fill, and dump with these sand table tools. Practice following directions by requesting your little one “make you a starfish”, then sit back and watch them use the tools and select the appropriate sand mold to make you something special.
Functional Language: scoop, mold, fill, dump, shovel, rake, pour

Sand Table:

Dig, shovel, fill, and pour with the accessories included with this sensory sand table. Pause the fun and use the cover to keep the sand dry until your little one is ready to explore and play again!
Functional Language: sand, dig, shovel, fill, pour

Water Scooping Toys:

Increase wrist rotation by dumping, scooping, and pouring. Practice coordination needed for self-feeding by having your little one use the water scooper to fill a watering can or bucket.
Functional Language: colors, scoop, pour, dump