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Alphabet Sensory Bottle

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A pretty Rainbow Alphabet Sensory Bottle with corresponding Letter Tracing Printable is a quick and easy way to add some sensory fun to your literacy rich classroom.

Your kids will love this bright and colorful alphabet sensory bottle! It even comes with a free letter tracing printable to record the letters you find. It's such a fun, hands-on literacy center for Pre-K and Kindergarten!

Alphabet Sensory Bottle

After making a giant sensory bin of rainbow rice, I’ve been trying to find as many uses for all of that pretty sensory filler. Already it’s been great for art projects, as an addition to classroom play dough kits, used in DIY shaker eggs, and also a rainbow rice writing tray – so it was time that we used some of our rainbow rice stash to make some sensory bottles!

This sensory bottle couldn’t be easier to throw together (once you’ve made the rainbow rice, of course) – just relying on three materials and that great letter tracing printable to provide an awesome, hands-on literacy activity in the classroom.

We’ve also made rainbow barley and that would work wonderfully as well – just use whatever material you have on hand or is cheapest when you go to pick up supplies!

Your kids will love this bright and colorful alphabet sensory bottle! It even comes with a free letter tracing printable to record the letters you find. It's such a fun, hands-on literacy center for Pre-K and Kindergarten!

Rainbow Letters Sensory Search

Our Rainbow Letter Tracing Printable is pretty versatile – it can be used with this sensory bottle, or you can pair it with a large rainbow alphabet sensory bin, or just on its own with a bucket of markers.

Even if you plan on printing one off for each student, I would recommend laminating the sheets or putting them in dry erase pockets so they can be wiped off and used again and again.

If the printable is just going to be used with the sensory bottle, just print off one and keep it with the bottle at a literacy center.

The colors of the beads can come into play as well – adding a color identification element (and also encouraging kids to switch up the markers and have a bit more fun with this activity).

Students can try to find all of the letters – or you could place challenges alongside the activity (which is great if they will have limited time with the material), such as:

  • how many vowels can you find?
  • can you find all the letters to your name?
  • can you find more letters than the last time you used this sensory bottle?

Be sure to grab the free printable at the bottom of this post.

Your kids will love this bright and colorful alphabet sensory bottle! It even comes with a free letter tracing printable to record the letters you find. It's such a fun, hands-on literacy center for Pre-K and Kindergarten!

How to Make a Rainbow Alphabet Sensory Bottle

First, gather your materials:

Your kids will love this bright and colorful alphabet sensory bottle! It even comes with a free letter tracing printable to record the letters you find. It's such a fun, hands-on literacy center for Pre-K and Kindergarten!

Simply funnel your rainbow rice into your sensory bin until filled 3/4 of the way.

Add in the rainbow beads and twist on the lid.

Shake the sensory bottle to determine if more rice should be added – you want the letters to be able to move freely, which they won’t be able to do if the rice is too packed.

Secure the lid with glue to prevent curiosity-caused messes!

Your kids will love this bright and colorful alphabet sensory bottle! It even comes with a free letter tracing printable to record the letters you find. It's such a fun, hands-on literacy center for Pre-K and Kindergarten!

Get Your Copy

Grab your free printable for our rainbow alphabet search (it comes in both upper and lowercase) to go along with your own rainbow alphabet sensory bottle by clicking the blue button at the very end of the post.

Then, for tons more rainbow-themed fun, hop over and check out these awesome activities from some of my favorite kid bloggers!

FROM LEFT TO RIGHT

Rainbow Color Words Playdough Mats // Literacy with the Littles

Rainbow Shamrocks Color Sorting and Fine Motor Activity // Stay at Home Educator

Teen Number Rainbow Clip Cards // Recipe for Teaching

Rainbow Counting Puzzles // The Kindergarten Connection

Rainbow Money Match // The Simplified Classroom

Rainbow ABC Sensory Bottle with Printable // The Letters of Literacy

Compound Words Matching Activity // Sara J. Creations

Editable Rainbow Secret Code Word Cards // Fun Learning for Kids

CVC Words Rainbow Match Up // The Primary Post

Roll a Rainbow // Teach Me Mommy

Rainbow Bear Sorting Mats // Fairy Poppins

Rainbow Unicorn Toothpaste Science Experiment // Science Kiddo

Make a Rainbow with Playdough Printable // Powerful Mothering

Grab the Alphabet Printable Below

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Jennifer Tammy is a trained psychologist and single mom who runs a Montessori preschool out of her home in order to stay home full-time with her daughter, Miss G. Every day she shares easy recipes, parenting inspiration, and hands-on learning ideas on her blog, Sugar, Spice, and Glitter.

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