The Best Sensory Bins for Toddlers

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While generations past may have dismissed toddler playtime as “just playing,” today we know how essential playtime is to children’s development. And recently, sensory activities and sensory bins in particular have gotten a lot of attention for being so good for young children’s brains.

Sensory play focuses on activities that engage your child’s senses: sight, hearing, taste, touch, and smell. Sensory activities help children develop motor skills and language skillsencourage cognitive growth and social development, and encourage experimentation, reports the mayo clinic.

Sensory play can be quite intuitive. A toddler making mud pies or banging on pot lids could be a sensory activity. But if you want something that’s a little easier on you as a parent, sensory bins are where it’s at. These fun games are filled with rice or beads and include toys, shapes, and tools to engage and excite your toddler. And they’re designed to contain the clutter in one container, phew!

We rounded up 25 toddler sensory bins that will keep your little ones entertained while developing their brainpower. and buying you a few minutes of tranquility. Talk about a win.

— Additional reporting by Andi Breitowich