{"id":3105,"date":"2018-12-14T03:30:58","date_gmt":"2018-12-14T03:30:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/?p=3105"},"modified":"2018-12-14T03:50:20","modified_gmt":"2018-12-14T03:50:20","slug":"christmas-sensory-bin","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/12\/14\/christmas-sensory-bin\/","title":{"rendered":"Christmas Sensory Bin"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>Materials<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\nPlastic bin<br \/>\nChristmas items that can withstand mouthing, such as plastic ornaments, <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-3110 alignright\" src=\"http:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Sensory-Bin-Trey-2-252x300.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"252\" height=\"300\" srcset=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Sensory-Bin-Trey-2-252x300.jpg 252w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Sensory-Bin-Trey-2-768x915.jpg 768w, https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/files\/2018\/12\/Christmas-Sensory-Bin-Trey-2-860x1024.jpg 860w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 252px) 100vw, 252px\" \/>ribbon, bows, evergreen sprigs, Christmas cookie cutters, jingle bells, etc.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Directions<\/strong>&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp;<br \/>\nCollect the Christmas items and put them in the plastic bin.&nbsp; We opted to put a handful of shredded mylar\/tinsel on top of the items to encourage the children to search for what was in the tub.&nbsp; Make sure none of the items you choose is a choke hazard.&nbsp; You can thread a couple of jingle bells on a piece of yarn and tie the ends together, bracelet style, to make them harder to mouth.&nbsp; And of course, you would carefully supervise your child\u2019s exploration.&nbsp; Feel free to pick an item out of the tub and hand it to your child.&nbsp; Tell them what it\u2019s called (a \u201cbow\u201d)&nbsp; Let your child explore the item\u2014squish it, put it in their mouth, throw it.&nbsp; Choose another item.&nbsp; Again, tell your child what it is ( an \u201cornament\u201d.)&nbsp; let him explore it, roll it, try to eat it, etc.&nbsp; Such an activity will keep your child engaged for quite a while, and serves as an introduction to the familiar signs of the season!<\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Materials&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Plastic bin Christmas items that can withstand mouthing, such as plastic ornaments, ribbon, bows, evergreen sprigs, Christmas cookie cutters, jingle bells, etc. Directions&nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; &nbsp; Collect the Christmas items and put them in the plastic bin.&nbsp; We opted to put a handful of shredded mylar\/tinsel on top of the items &hellip; <\/p>\n<p class=\"link-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/2018\/12\/14\/christmas-sensory-bin\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Christmas Sensory Bin&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":101,"featured_media":3109,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[3],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3105","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-games-and-activities"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3105","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/101"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3105"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3105\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3111,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3105\/revisions\/3111"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3109"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3105"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3105"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/content.principia.edu\/sites\/acorn\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3105"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}