Watermelon Sensory Bin | Feed Wanda Colors Numbers Shapes | SLP SPED Autism OT

These Watermelon Sensory Bin Activities, "Feed Wanda," are a hands-on, engaging addition to any watermelon, summer, or picnic themed unit. Students "feed Wanda" watermelon pieces to target colors, numbers, sizes, AND shapes across two complete differentiated sets. The open-ended format makes this resource flexible for small group instruction, independent centers, or sensory bin play.

🍉 Perfect for:

• Speech-Language Pathologists (SLPs) targeting color, number, shape, and size vocabulary, plus following directions goals
• Special Education teachers building watermelon, summer, and picnic themed units
• Autism classrooms needing engaging, repeatable sensory activities
• Occupational Therapists working on fine motor skills and sensory integration
• ABA therapists running receptive language and discrete trial programs
• Early Childhood, Pre-K, and Kindergarten teachers
• Math Intervention and RTI / MTSS teachers (numbers + shapes)
• Extended School Year (ESY) and summer school programs
• Summer camps and homeschool families

🟢 What's Included — 2 Complete Sets:

• Colors, Numbers, and Sizes Set — feed Wanda watermelons by color, number, or size
• Shapes and Sizes Set — feed Wanda watermelons by shape or size
• Instruction cards for each set to use as an independent center or sensory bin task

🎯 Skills Targeted:

Color identification, number recognition and counting, size discrimination (large/small), 2D shape identification (circle, square, triangle, pentagon, and more), following 1-step and multi-step directions, attribute combining (color + number + size), receptive and expressive vocabulary, watermelon and summer vocabulary, fine motor skills, sensory integration, and independent work.

Sample Prompts:

Colors / Numbers / Sizes Set:

• "Feed Wanda 1 red watermelon."
• "Feed Wanda 2 blue watermelons."
• "Feed Wanda 1 yellow watermelon and 3 green watermelons."
• "Feed Wanda a large red watermelon and a small purple watermelon."

Shapes / Sizes Set:

• "Feed Wanda 1 watermelon that is a circle."
• "Feed Wanda 2 square watermelons."
• "Feed Wanda the large shapes."
• "Feed Wanda 1 triangle watermelon and 1 pentagon watermelon."

How to Use:

For small group instruction, the teacher or therapist gives a verbal prompt and the student feeds Wanda the correct watermelon piece. For independent work, place all the pieces in a sensory bin (green and red rice, watermelon-scented fillers, kinetic sand, fake grass) and post one or more instruction cards for students to complete on their own.

🌞 Ways to Use:

• Watermelon, summer, and picnic thematic units
• Speech therapy small group sessions
• Sensory bin centers and morning tubs
• Math centers (numbers and shapes)
• Independent work systems (TEACCH)
• ABA discrete trial training
• Math intervention (RTI / MTSS Tier 2 & 3)
• Multi-step direction-following practice
• Extended School Year (ESY) summer therapy
• Summer camp language activities
• Calm-down and sensory regulation activities

These sensory bin activities are now part of bundle. You can find the Sensory Bin Activities Bundle here:

Sensory Bin Activities Bundle

If your students enjoy these activities, you can find more sensory bin activities below:

Sensory Bin Activities

For more hands-on spring or summer themed activities, please see the links below:

Hands-On Spring Activities

Hands-On Summer Activities