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If you need a quick and engaging Easter speech therapy activity, these Easter sensory bin ideas are my go-to activities target speech and language goals.
My students LOVE themed sensory bins, and they are perfect for mixed groups because you can easily target articulation, vocabulary, WH-questions, and social skills—all in one activity.
In this blog post, I will show you how to make Easter sensory bins for speech therapy that you can adapt for articulation and language goals. Plus, you can get some book recommendations to pair with your bins!
If you are looking for other spring sensory bins, you can also check out my spring speech therapy sensory bins and insect speech therapy sensory bins for more seasonal activity ideas!
Making an Easter sensory bin is super easy! You can find all your supplies at craft stores, Dollar Tree, Amazon, or the Target Dollar Spot.
Here are a few simple materials you can use to make your bins:
You can keep it simple or build in speech targets depending on your students’ goals.
I found these bunny erasers at Target and grabbed them right away! If you don’t see these at Target, look on Amazon.
I put different amounts of bunny erasers inside plastic eggs, and students picked an egg from the basket. The student with the most bunnies wins!
This activity is great for:
Plus, this Easter sensory bin idea is great for any speech or language goal. It can serve as a reinforcer for practicing speech sounds or for working on language concepts.
Want to learn more about how to make sensory bins and use with your mixed groups?
You may be avoiding trying sensory bins in your sessions because you think they are messy, expensive, hard to store or don’t know how to use them beyond just a reinforcer activity.
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If you work with a diverse group of students, you may need a non-religious option for your sensory bin.
I created a baby chick sensory bin that works great as a spring-themed alternative.
I found a small “momma chick” toy in the Target Dollar spot, and she is waiting for her baby chicks to hatch! If you can’t find one at Target or a craft store, look on Amazon.
This activity includes:
Print out the baby chicks (in the free ultimate sensory bin guide) and then stick them in plastic eggs. Students can pick eggs to see which chick is inside.
This is a great way to keep the seasonal theme while being inclusive for all students. If you want more chicken-type activities, I have a free push-in lesson plan for chickens. It is great for a farm theme or for use around the Easter holiday as an alternative to using plastic eggs.
You can dye rice or elbow pasta rainbow colors. Add in some empty egg cartons and plastic eggs. Put in some scoopers, and your students can fill the eggs with the rice or pasta. Then, the students can put the filled eggs in the egg cartons. This is a great Easter sensory bin speech therapy activity for your preschool students. You can naturally target more, requesting, full/empty, in/out, open/close, and a variety of different verbs and word combinations.
Taming Little Monsters has an adorable bunny sensory bin that kids can feed the bunny the plastic Easter eggs. This makes for a great reinforcer for any speech or language goal.
Because plastic eggs are so colorful, you can definitely work on sorting colored pom poms into the correct eggs. This is an easy bin to make with rainbow pom poms, plastic eggs, tongs and maybe some fun Easter grass. You can also put colored items in the eggs to work on grammar, describing, wh-questions, etc. There are so many ways to work on colors with preschool and kindergarten-aged students. Remember to use what you have!
One of the reasons I love sensory bins is that you can use them for almost any goal.
Here are some ideas:
Articulation
Language
Social Skills
For my social skill groups, I also fill eggs with strips from my Social Skills Break Curriculum, but you can use any stimulus items you already have!
If you are planning your sessions for the week, I have more Easter speech therapy ideas here:
These will give you even more low-prep activities for mixed groups.
