Feed the Hungry Shark: Ocean Sensory Bin Pack

$6.00

He is always hungry. Flip a card, find its match on the mat, then feed it to the shark. An ocean sensory bin with letters, numbers, shapes and sounds.

What’s inside

  • 38 pages: a cover, how-to pages, a Feed Me shark (and a Big Mouth Shark) to tape to any bin or box, cut-out cards and the mats and worksheets
  • Errorless play: Fill the Sea (ages 2–4)
  • Letters: Lowercase Letter Mat, Capital Letter Mat, Trace Every Letter (lowercase and capitals), Fill In the Missing Letters (4 sheets), Match the Letter Fish (capital to lowercase)
  • Numbers: Number Mat 1 to 10 with number and counting cards
  • Matching and thinking: Put Them Together two-piece puzzles, Line Them Up, Color Sorting Mat with color fish, Shape Sorting Mat with shape cards
  • Sounds: Beginning Sounds Mat with picture cards
  • A Set Up Your Ocean Bin page and Ten Ways to Play

Skills it builds

  • Pincer grasp and hand strength (digging, pinching, rolling dough balls)
  • Letter recognition, capital-to-lowercase matching and letter formation
  • Numbers 1–10 and one-to-one counting
  • Colors, shapes, beginning sounds and visual scanning

How to use

Print the mats you want and laminate them or slide them into sleeves. Print the card pages and let your child cut on the dashed lines, because the cutting is the fine motor work. Cut out the Feed Me shark, snip open his mouth and tape him to a bin or an oatmeal container. Bury the cards in your filler. Your child digs one out, finds its match on the mat, marks it with a dough ball or a pom-pom, then feeds the card to the shark. Each mat lists its own age range (2–7). Prep time: 15 minutes once, then play all year.

You’ll need

A shallow bin, a filler, play dough or pom-poms, child scissors, tape and an empty container for the shark. A laminator or sleeves and tongs are optional.

Save with a bundle

Get this pack in the Sensory Bin Mega Bundle and save compared with buying the packs one by one. Also in the Ocean Fine Motor Bundle.

From a pediatric OT

Made by Ms. Aviv, a licensed pediatric occupational therapist, and used with real kids before it reaches you. Print-ready PDF on US Letter (prints on A4 with “fit to page”).

He is always hungry. Flip a card, find its match on the mat, then feed it to the shark. An ocean sensory bin with letters, numbers, shapes and sounds.

What’s inside

  • 38 pages: a cover, how-to pages, a Feed Me shark (and a Big Mouth Shark) to tape to any bin or box, cut-out cards and the mats and worksheets
  • Errorless play: Fill the Sea (ages 2–4)
  • Letters: Lowercase Letter Mat, Capital Letter Mat, Trace Every Letter (lowercase and capitals), Fill In the Missing Letters (4 sheets), Match the Letter Fish (capital to lowercase)
  • Numbers: Number Mat 1 to 10 with number and counting cards
  • Matching and thinking: Put Them Together two-piece puzzles, Line Them Up, Color Sorting Mat with color fish, Shape Sorting Mat with shape cards
  • Sounds: Beginning Sounds Mat with picture cards
  • A Set Up Your Ocean Bin page and Ten Ways to Play

Skills it builds

  • Pincer grasp and hand strength (digging, pinching, rolling dough balls)
  • Letter recognition, capital-to-lowercase matching and letter formation
  • Numbers 1–10 and one-to-one counting
  • Colors, shapes, beginning sounds and visual scanning

How to use

Print the mats you want and laminate them or slide them into sleeves. Print the card pages and let your child cut on the dashed lines, because the cutting is the fine motor work. Cut out the Feed Me shark, snip open his mouth and tape him to a bin or an oatmeal container. Bury the cards in your filler. Your child digs one out, finds its match on the mat, marks it with a dough ball or a pom-pom, then feeds the card to the shark. Each mat lists its own age range (2–7). Prep time: 15 minutes once, then play all year.

You’ll need

A shallow bin, a filler, play dough or pom-poms, child scissors, tape and an empty container for the shark. A laminator or sleeves and tongs are optional.

Save with a bundle

Get this pack in the Sensory Bin Mega Bundle and save compared with buying the packs one by one. Also in the Ocean Fine Motor Bundle.

From a pediatric OT

Made by Ms. Aviv, a licensed pediatric occupational therapist, and used with real kids before it reaches you. Print-ready PDF on US Letter (prints on A4 with “fit to page”).