Sensory2–4 yrsAt home

Rice bin

Buried treasure you can only find by hand.

Prep

5 min

Mess

High

How to play

Hide objects in the rice. The game is finding them by hand alone, and filling and emptying the cup. Pure touch.

  1. a toy and a block buried in a tray of rice
    1

    Fill a tray with rice and hide a few objects in it.

  2. a hand digging through the rice, a toy surfacing
    2

    Find them by hand alone — pure touch.

  3. a cup pouring rice back into the tray
    3

    Fill the cup and empty it again.

What you need

A deep box or tray, dry rice (or lentils), a cup, and objects to hide.

What it secretly builds

Sensory

Describing what he feels and what he finds adds new words almost without noticing.

Safety first
Always with an adult nearby. If he still puts things in his mouth, swap the rice for something bigger and safe.
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