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Popcorn Sensory Bin

Lesson Plan:

​Activity:
Popcorn Sensory Bin
Lesson plan developed by Ms. Erika Geelhoed, BA Ed
Age Group:
Preschool
Objectives:  
Children will:
  • develop sensory motor skill.
  • develop small motor skills.
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Popcorn Sensory Bin
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CDA Competency Standard:   
II.4.2a
  • Activities and materials encourage children of varying abilities to develop their small muscles
    • ​​​a) Individual fine motor skills are encouraged through a variety of developmentally appropriate materials and activities
Materials: 
  • popcorn kernels
  • popcorn
  • popcorn buckets
  • large plastic bin
  • empty water bottles
  • cotton balls
  • spoons
  • shovels
  • child tweezers
  • The Popcorn Book by Tomie dePaola
Procedure: 
  • Prepare for the activity by creating the sensory bin.
  • Add the popcorn kernels, already popped popcorn, popcorn buckets, cotton balls, empty water bottles, scooping utensils, and tweezers to the large plastic bin.
  • Read The Popcorn Book with the children practicing appropriate reading skills (you can do a picture walk with them, practice prediction skills, and/or practice rhyming with words in the book).
  • When finished, invite the children to explore the popcorn sensory bin.
  • During play, you can ask them questions that relate back to the story.
**Always monitor children during sensory activities. Discourage them from eating the popcorn out of the sensory bin for sanitary reasons.
Assessment: 
  • Observe and record the children's small motor skills. Were they able to use the tweezers to pick up the individual kernels? Did they use their fingers to pick up the popcorn and put it in the empty water bottle? Were they able to express connections to the facts presented in the story? 
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