Speech Therapy and Sensory Bins

Using sensory bins in speech therapy helps us teach our children language in a natural playful envionrment. It is so important we continue to keep learning and play together while they are young! Using sensory bins during speech therapy can keep your children motivated to learn while making therapy feel less like work and more like play!

“Sensory bins are such a fun way to work on describing words, verbs, and pretend play!”-Out of the box speech, Speech Therapist

Here are some skills children can work on while using sensory play in speech therapy:

Vocabulary Development - Talk to your child about what you see inside the bins and take time to describe the items you play with. For example, the rice is soft, the gems are smooth but hard, and the pom poms are fuzzy and squishy.

Making Observations - Have your child tell you about what objects in the bin will they believe will fit in the provided cups, Easter eggs, and cauldrons. Talk about the tools in the bin that your child can utilize to help them fill the cups.

Sentence Growth - Take time to go back and forth between you and your child making complete sentences about what you are doing inside the bin.

Expand Vocabulary - Use as many nouns, verbs, and adjectives as you can while playing in the bin and sorting the items.

“We used Sammy’s Sensory bins to work on language skills with our speech bubbles!” - Out of the box speech, Speech Therapist