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Central Youth and Outreach Services: Sensory Kits

Disclaimer

Please note that patrons have to pick up the kit at the Central BPL location; we do not transfer to other libraries for pickup.

Sensory Kits

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Sensory Activities: Literacy

Practice early reading skills while having fun with these sensory games & activities, including...

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  • Dough & dough mats
  • Water notebooks and markers
  • Touch & learn kit
  • Words, sentence, vowel, and phonics kits

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Sensory Activities: Math Kit

Recommended age: 3yrs - 5yrs

Practice early math skills while having fun with these sensory games & activities, including...

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  • Sensory Leaves activity set - count, sort, pattern, and more!
  • Cactus Counting Desert activity set - add, subtract,  count, pattern, and more!
    • additional Colorful Cactus counters also included
  • Peg counting game - place colorful wood pegs into the corresponding number piece
  • Magnetic Counting Maze - count to 10 while building fine motor skills
  • Tactile Turtles activity set - promotes multisensory learning while practicing counting, patterning and more.
  • 20 PopCubes - interlocking cubes for fundamental math problems
  • Dough & Dough Mats - counting and recognizing numbers by using one-to-one correspondence & understand the relationship between numbers and quantities
  • Find the Number activity center - hands-on learning to build number recognition & counting skills
  • Touch & Match Cards - tactile cards to practice simple addition

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD! Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Link to Catalog - Coming soon!

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Sensory Activities: Sight & Sound 1 Kit

Recommended age: Infant - Toddler

Explore sight and sound with hands on activities and games including...

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  • What's the Sound? Mystery Capsules - shake & listen to sounds and twist capsule to reveal what made it!
  • Several sight & sound manipulatives - bells, maracas, glitter tubes and more!
  • Color sorting game - place plastic food items into color sorting buckets
  • Inflatable rubber balls - with small items inside to create different sounds
  • Colorful fidget toys

Link to Catalog

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Sensory Activities: Sight & Sound 2 Kit

Recommended Age: 3 yrs. - 6 yrs

Explore sight with this hands on light panel and several see-through items including...

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  • Numbers
  • Letters
  • Pattern Blocks
  • Color Chips
  • Dominoes
  • Bugs
  • Gems
  • Buttons

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD! Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Link to Catalog

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Sensory Activities: Tactile Kit 1

Recommended age: 3yrs - 5yrs

Have fun with different tactile items including...

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  • Touch and Match Guessing game - hide different objects in "The Mystery Box" and guess which they are by touch alone!
  • Leaf & Pattern rubbing plates and rubbing crayons
  • Color classification toys - classify, match and count while working on fine motor skills
  • Soft & hard tactile toys
  • Textured non-toxic PlayFoam
  • Small fidget toys
  • A magnetic drawing board - focus on hand-eye coordination, creativity, and writing!

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD! Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Link to Catalog

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Sensory Activities: Tactile Kit 2

Recommended age: 3yrs - 5yrs

Have fun with different tactile items including...

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  • Dough Mats & Dough - work on identifying & describing emotions while developing fine motor skills
    • Comes with two tubs of dough and dough tools
  • Link 'N Learn links - practice counting, sorting & more!
  • Variety of fidget toys
  • Solid tactile toys
  • A magnetic drawing board - encourages hand-eye coordination, creativity, & spelling

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD! Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Link to Catalog

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Sensory Activities; Tactile Kit 3

Recommended age: 3yrs - 5yrs

Have fun with different tactile items including...

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  • Texture brushes
  • Tactile shells
  • Washable paint with various sponges, brushes and rollers
  • Fidget toys
  • Sensory items including beads, feathers, and more
  • Kinetic and regular sand with plastic trays

WARNING: CHOKING HAZARD! Small parts. Not for children under 3 yrs.

Link to Catalog

Checkout Information

Checkouts are for three weeks. Kits should be returned directly back to the Central Birmingham Public Library Youth Departments or, in the case of teachers or organizations, returns should be coordinated with library staff. Please do not leave in the drop off boxes.