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Butterfly Alphabet Match Sensory Bin

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May 1, 2017 by Karen 1 Comment

One of our favorite things to learn about in the spring is butterflies. We love to visit the butterfly garden at the zoo, raise our own butterflies, and do a lot of butterfly themed learning activities like this Butterfly Alphabet Match Sensory Bin. This fun sensory play activity will help children practice identifying and matching capital and lowercase letters.

Butterfly Alphabet Match Sensory Bin

Butterfly Alphabet Match Sensory Bin:

Supplies:

  • Butterfly Alphabet Matching Cards
  • Printer
  • White Card Stock or Paper
  • Thermal Laminator
  • Laminating Pouches or Self-Adhesive Laminating Sheets
  • Scissors
  • Sensory Bin or Plastic Container
  • Sensory Bin Filler
  • Butterfly Figurines

Set-Up:

  • First, print the Butterfly Alphabet Matching Cards onto white card stock or paper.
  • You may want to laminate the cards for extra durability (optional) and then cut them apart.
  • Next, fill the sensory bin or plastic container with a sensory bin filler such as beans, rice, or shredded paper. We used green grass.
  • Then, mix the Butterfly Alphabet Matching Cards up and add them to the sensory bin. I would recommend only adding five letters at a time.
  • Add the butterfly figurines to the sensory bin too. We love these ones made by Toob. If you don’t have action figures, you can use butterfly erasers or foam stickers.

This sensory bin is an inexpensive activity to set-up. I bought all of the items at the Dollar Store, except for the butterfly action figures I ordered from Amazon.

How To Play:

Children will sort through the sensory bin and match the capital and lowercase letter cards. They can check to make sure they have the correct letters by making sure the picture is of the butterfly matches too.

Butterfly Alphabet Match Sensory Bin play for kids

Letter matching activities are an excellent way for preschoolers to explore the alphabet and reinforce what they are learning.

What a fun way to learn about butterflies and letters - Butterfly Alphabet Match Sensory Bin

While playing with this butterfly alphabet match sensory bin, children will have fun as they practice matching capital and lowercase letters through sensory play.

Match butterflies and letters with this butterfly alphabet match sensory bin

Need another fun way to work on those letters? Check out our Alphabet Posters and Card Game!

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Karen is a teacher with over 13 years of experience teaching preschool through 2nd grade and a mom to two sweet little boys.She has a Master’s degree in Early Childhood Education and loves to share literacy activities on her blog, ABCs of Literacy, and play ideas, simple crafts, and much more on her blog, Raising Little Superheroes. Follow her on Pinterest and on Instagram .
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  1. Lynn Hayes says

    May 1, 2017 at 2:51 pm

    I totally love this idea! My grand daughter is four and a half this is perfect. My grandson is three months old. This will be very exciting for him when he gets a little older. Thank you for this great idea.

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