I start 'bean play' by putting a large sheet underneath their play table (to catch all the stray beans) and then pour out a container of dried beans; kidney, black and garbanzo (nice to have a variety of colors). Then I add an eclectic mix of containers and scoops along with some cars, airplanes, lego, etc. Target dollar bins and the dollar store are great for scoops. I use random tic-tac containers, m&m tubes and any interesting, small container.
Sometimes we try to make shapes out of the beans, but mostly we fill up one container, pour it into another container and repeat.
On occasion, we have built contraptions with lego to carry the beans. It was fun, but made for a lot of extra clean up!
Happy beaning!
Supplies
-beans
-containers
-scoops
-table
-various little toys to drive through the beans
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