Back to School Sensory Bin Riddles | Hey Riddle Riddle Inferencing | SLP SPED
Product Description
These Back to School Sensory Bin Riddles, part of the popular "Hey Riddle Riddle" series, target inferencing, listening comprehension, and back to school vocabulary through a fun, hands-on sensory bin format. Students listen to a rhyming riddle, then dig through a school-themed sensory bin to find the matching object or word.
🍎 Perfect for:
- Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting inferencing, attributes, feature/function, and Wh- Question goals
- Special Education teachers building back to school and beginning-of-year units
- Autism classrooms working on inferencing AND sensory integration in one activity
- Occupational Therapists working on sensory regulation and fine motor skills
- ABA therapists running discrete trial inferencing and listening comprehension programs
- Early Childhood, Pre-K, and Kindergarten teachers
- ELL/ESL teachers building descriptive English vocabulary
- Homeschool families with young learners
✏️ What's Included:
- A set of back to school themed rhyming riddles
- School-themed object/word matching pieces
- Multiple-use format — sensory bin, small group, or independent center
- Picture and word components for differentiated student levels
🎯 Skills Targeted:
Making inferences, attribute identification, feature/function/class, descriptive vocabulary, back to school and classroom vocabulary, listening comprehension, Wh- Questions, riddle solving, sensory integration, fine motor skills, word-to-picture matching, expressive and receptive language, and following directions.
Sample Riddle:
"We can write.
We can trace.
We can draw with a stencil.
We start out each day —
with a nice, sharpened ______." (pencil)
How to Use:
Fill a sensory bin with school-themed sensory fill (rice, shredded paper, mini erasers, dried beans, kinetic sand). Hide the matching object and word pieces inside. The teacher or therapist reads each riddle aloud, and students dig through the bin to find the matching school object that completes the rhyme. The sensory experience plus the inferencing challenge keeps students engaged and regulated at the same time — perfect for the busy, transition-heavy first weeks of school.
🎒 Ways to Use:
- Back to school and beginning-of-year units
- Speech therapy inferencing and Wh- Question sessions
- Independent work systems (TEACCH)
- ABA discrete trial inferencing training
- Sensory bin centers and morning tubs
- Classroom and school supply vocabulary lessons
- Take-home and tele-therapy practice
- ESL/ELL school vocabulary lessons
- Sensory regulation and self-regulation activities
For more hands-on back to school activities, please see the link below:
