Sensory Bins Are Bullshit
And I hate Pinterest.
When my daughter was little, I was fortunate enough to be able to take her to a wonderful day home, whose facilitator was kind, patient, and creative — we ended up being great friends, too. While under this gem’s daily care, she introduced my daughter to the wonderful world of sensory play.
Sensory play stimulates a baby’s senses — namely touch, sight and sometimes hearing — and parents and childcare providers have found some ingenious ways to incorporate this kind of beneficial play into their charges’ daily activities. The most popular way, probably due to being the most theoretically organized way, is through sensory bins.
Sensory bins are, essentially, containers that house sensory play materials, and are often themed. Boy: are they ever.
Enter Pinterest, naturally. Have I ever mentioned how much I loathe Pinterest? We are not friends, and not just because I have no idea how to effectively use it. Whenever I end up on Pinterest, where I usually arrive entirely by accident, I’m slapped in the face by all the moms who do this whole mom thing better than I do.
For example:
Me: what do you have for a simple kid’s cake, Pinterest?
Pinterest: That’s adorable; har, har, titter, titter. There’s no such thing as a simple cake…
