Shape Discovery Baskets

Shape Discovery Baskets for Babies and Toddlers

Juggling activities with a little baby tornado and a toddler who would do “ativities” all day everyday can be quite the challenge at times. Little Man is into EVERYTHING and if he is not included he lets you know by destroying whatever it is you are trying to do. Giving him some of his own age appropriate activities to do alongside his big sister has helped cut down on the craziness and destruction.



Since we have been learning about shapes, I gave Little Man a different shape themed discovery basket every couple days over the last two weeks.


Shape Discovery Baskets for Babies and Toddlers


Each day I wanted to switch out the bin, I simply looked around the house, in every room, and found items that were of the shape I wanted for that day’s bin. It ranged from puzzle pieces to blocks to paint chip cards to play kitchen food. There was so many different textures and sizes and colors.


Shape Discovery Basket


Little Man loved to explore each of the baskets and manipulated the items all around, but when he was done he was done and you could probably guess it…he dumped it and the items all became balls. The boys sure does love his balls.


Shape Discovery Basket


I sat with him and as he was playing with each of the items in his basket I would talk about the shape and color and texture. Talking to him about his basket introduces him to so many new words and is a complete sensory experience.


Shape Discovery Basket

It is amazing how many shapes we have in our homes that we don’t always notice. 




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