Weather Sensory Bin Riddles | Hey Riddle Riddle Inferencing | SLP SPED Autism
Product Description
These Weather Sensory Bin Riddles, part of the popular "Hey Riddle Riddle" series, target inferencing, listening comprehension, and weather vocabulary through a fun, hands-on sensory bin format. Students listen to a rhyming riddle, then dig through a sensory bin to find the matching weather object or word. Perfect for weather units, spring, and any-time science.
🌦️ Perfect for:
- Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting inferencing, attributes, feature/function, and Wh- Question goals
- Special Education teachers building weather and science 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
- Science teachers covering weather (K-2 NGSS)
- ELL/ESL teachers building descriptive English vocabulary
- Homeschool families with young learners
☀️ What's Included:
- A set of weather themed rhyming riddles
- Weather 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, weather vocabulary (rain, sun, snow, clouds, lightning, thunder, wind, rainbow, and more), listening comprehension, Wh- Questions, riddle solving, weather/science concepts, sensory integration, fine motor skills, word-to-picture matching, expressive and receptive language, and following directions.
Sample Riddle:
"When he heard the loud boom
— our poor doggy ran under...
the bed, he was scared of
the lightning and ________." (thunder)
How to Use:
Fill a sensory bin with sensory fill (rice, cotton balls for "clouds," blue water beads for "rain," kinetic sand). Hide the matching weather object and word pieces inside. The teacher or therapist reads each riddle aloud, and students dig through the bin to find the matching weather object that completes the rhyme. The sensory experience plus the inferencing challenge helps keep students engaged and regulated at the same time.
🌈 Ways to Use:
- Weather and spring thematic units
- Weather science units (NGSS K-ESS2-1)
- Speech therapy inferencing and Wh- Question sessions
- Inferencing IEP goal data collection
- Independent work systems (TEACCH)
- ABA discrete trial inferencing training
- Sensory bin centers and morning tubs
- Calendar / weather-of-the-day extension
- ESL/ELL weather vocabulary lessons
- Take-home and tele-therapy practice
- Sensory regulation and self-regulation activities
For more hands-on spring or Earth Day themed activities, please see the following links:
