WEBVTT 00:00:08.460 --> 00:00:12.240 Welcome to the Forgotten ECE, the show where 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:14.640 before and after school educators, summer camp 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.079 and PD staff and CYWs have a place where they 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:21.219 are seen, heard and valued. I'm your host, Jamie 00:00:21.219 --> 00:00:33.100 Wankler, and I'm so excited you're here. Welcome 00:00:33.100 --> 00:00:36.979 back. Welcome back to the Forgotten ECE. Today 00:00:36.979 --> 00:00:41.100 is an exciting day because I have brought you, 00:00:41.259 --> 00:00:44.679 well, okay, combined. We have brought you Kayla 00:00:44.679 --> 00:00:49.259 Snydal, all the way from Alberta, and she is 00:00:49.259 --> 00:00:52.079 the founder of Capable Learners and operates 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:56.259 a home childcare center. She is an experienced 00:00:56.259 --> 00:00:59.380 early childhood educator with over 15 years in 00:00:59.380 --> 00:01:02.399 the field, and through her licensed family day 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:07.359 home, and her growing online platform. She supports 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:10.280 educators and parents with practical tools, meaningful 00:01:10.280 --> 00:01:13.519 resources, and a strong belief in the power of 00:01:13.519 --> 00:01:16.719 play. Kayla is passionate about advocating for 00:01:16.719 --> 00:01:19.060 family child care programs and helping educators 00:01:19.060 --> 00:01:22.239 feel seen, supported, and inspired as they build 00:01:22.239 --> 00:01:25.180 quality early learning environments where children 00:01:25.180 --> 00:01:28.719 thrive. Most recently, and I'm so excited to 00:01:28.719 --> 00:01:31.760 announce, She has released her brand new ebook, 00:01:31.939 --> 00:01:35.819 57 Sensory Bin Ideas, a resource designed to 00:01:35.819 --> 00:01:38.099 help educators create simple, accessible, and 00:01:38.099 --> 00:01:40.359 meaningful sensory experiences for all ages, 00:01:40.519 --> 00:01:42.739 and get this, including school -aged children. 00:01:42.939 --> 00:01:48.069 Yay! Welcome, Kayla. Hey, how's it going? I'm 00:01:48.069 --> 00:01:50.909 so excited to be here this morning. Oh, so good. 00:01:51.310 --> 00:01:53.670 Before we got on and started recording, we were 00:01:53.670 --> 00:01:55.329 talking about the time difference because I always 00:01:55.329 --> 00:01:56.849 forget there's a time difference. I don't know 00:01:56.849 --> 00:01:58.209 why I think I live in this world that everyone 00:01:58.209 --> 00:02:00.290 just has the same time, but they obviously don't. 00:02:02.689 --> 00:02:04.329 Kelly, to start off... It would be nicer if we 00:02:04.329 --> 00:02:07.430 did. Right? Everything would be so much easier. 00:02:09.310 --> 00:02:10.870 Kelly, I just want to ask you your pronouns, 00:02:10.909 --> 00:02:13.789 if you don't mind. She, her. Perfect. Just making 00:02:13.789 --> 00:02:19.550 sure. First and foremost, congratulations on 00:02:19.550 --> 00:02:23.990 releasing your new resource, 57 Sensory Bin Ideas. 00:02:24.530 --> 00:02:29.969 What inspired you to create this ebook? I created 00:02:29.969 --> 00:02:33.310 this ebook because I've seen so many educators 00:02:33.310 --> 00:02:37.490 and parents feeling overwhelmed. And where do 00:02:37.490 --> 00:02:40.949 I begin? What do I use? Where do I find stuff? 00:02:41.210 --> 00:02:43.810 And I'm like, you know what? I've created hundreds 00:02:43.810 --> 00:02:46.389 of sensory bins over my years. And I'm like, 00:02:46.650 --> 00:02:50.389 I have a huge camera roll on my phone of all 00:02:50.389 --> 00:02:52.050 the bins that I've made. And I'm like, I'm going 00:02:52.050 --> 00:02:55.909 to break this down to make it simpler and manageable 00:02:55.909 --> 00:02:59.229 for educators and parents and use this as an 00:02:59.229 --> 00:03:02.669 inspiration guide. So it's not a complete recipe 00:03:02.669 --> 00:03:06.030 book where do A, B, C, follow it to a T. It's, 00:03:06.030 --> 00:03:09.169 oh, she did that. Let's do this. I have this 00:03:09.169 --> 00:03:12.500 material. I have this material. And it's a starting 00:03:12.500 --> 00:03:15.939 off point to inspire parents and educators to 00:03:15.939 --> 00:03:18.599 bring sensory play into their world and into 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:21.199 their lives. Oh, that's incredible. And I love 00:03:21.199 --> 00:03:23.780 that you have that adaptability involved in it 00:03:23.780 --> 00:03:25.379 because not everyone's going to have the same 00:03:25.379 --> 00:03:26.879 materials that you have. We're not going to be 00:03:26.879 --> 00:03:28.719 able to find everything always the same. And 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:30.740 sometimes it's affordability, but you've considered 00:03:30.740 --> 00:03:34.719 all of that in this great resource. And that's 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:38.120 the joy of sensory. It's a hunt for materials. 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:42.139 It's not a one and done. It's, ooh, this would 00:03:42.139 --> 00:03:44.699 be great. I'm going to hold on to this until 00:03:44.699 --> 00:03:48.599 I need it. And you never know when it's going 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:52.680 to spark an idea or interest. Oh, amazing. And 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:54.120 where, if you don't mind me asking, where do 00:03:54.120 --> 00:03:55.840 you find most of your sensory bin materials? 00:03:56.340 --> 00:04:01.520 So I love to thrift. I love Amazon, Team You. 00:04:02.080 --> 00:04:04.500 Facebook Marketplace on Buy Nothing Groups is 00:04:04.500 --> 00:04:08.060 another great place. Asking my family's estate 00:04:08.060 --> 00:04:10.900 sales for like grandparents and stuff that are 00:04:10.900 --> 00:04:14.180 moving. You can find the coolest trinkets and 00:04:14.180 --> 00:04:17.920 like sifters and whisks and the neatest things 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:21.220 to add to sensory play. So I really gravitate 00:04:21.220 --> 00:04:25.240 to my community when looking for materials. Oh, 00:04:25.279 --> 00:04:27.740 I love that. That's so great. And it's a great 00:04:27.740 --> 00:04:30.800 way to bring your community together to introduce 00:04:30.800 --> 00:04:33.220 something great to the children and really use 00:04:33.220 --> 00:04:35.800 other people's ideas and materials and bring 00:04:35.800 --> 00:04:38.060 life back into the vintage stuff that we have 00:04:38.060 --> 00:04:39.759 because the world is already full of so many 00:04:39.759 --> 00:04:41.500 things. So it's nice that we're bringing life 00:04:41.500 --> 00:04:43.819 back into that. Yeah. And like I always tell 00:04:43.819 --> 00:04:47.379 people, make sure to check out the bags at Value 00:04:47.379 --> 00:04:49.860 Village and Goodwill because you will find the 00:04:49.860 --> 00:04:52.740 coolest things hidden in those bags. There might 00:04:52.740 --> 00:04:56.339 be 90 % junk, but there might be one or two really 00:04:56.339 --> 00:04:58.980 awesome things. So always check the bags. Oh, 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.920 I love that. That's so true. We also have a store 00:05:01.920 --> 00:05:04.079 here. I don't know if Stratford still has it, 00:05:04.120 --> 00:05:06.620 but it was like an, I wish I could remember the 00:05:06.620 --> 00:05:08.480 name of it, but it was like an Amazon junk store. 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:10.160 So when people send the things back to Amazon, 00:05:10.220 --> 00:05:12.790 you find it. And you can find these crazy pieces 00:05:12.790 --> 00:05:15.589 in these containers that people just got rid 00:05:15.589 --> 00:05:17.750 of. And you're like, I actually will take all 00:05:17.750 --> 00:05:20.189 of these hinges or I will actually take all of 00:05:20.189 --> 00:05:21.949 these doohickeys because I need it for child 00:05:21.949 --> 00:05:24.410 care. Yeah, we have a store similar to that. 00:05:24.470 --> 00:05:27.370 We have a it's a reuse store and it's more for 00:05:27.370 --> 00:05:31.029 recyclables. But I found the coolest tubes and 00:05:31.029 --> 00:05:35.490 tile pieces and carpet samples and the neatest 00:05:35.490 --> 00:05:37.329 things there. So, yeah, definitely look for like 00:05:37.329 --> 00:05:41.639 a reuse store. or like a hodgepodge lodge place 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:44.120 in your community because those can have lots 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:47.620 of great treasures. Oh, incredible. And thinking 00:05:47.620 --> 00:05:50.740 about your family day home, I'm wondering what 00:05:50.740 --> 00:05:53.800 gap you've noticed in the field, especially for 00:05:53.800 --> 00:05:56.220 family day homes in before and after school and 00:05:56.220 --> 00:06:00.180 educators that led you to develop these 57 ideas. 00:06:00.779 --> 00:06:04.600 So I think the gap is family day homes are a 00:06:04.600 --> 00:06:07.620 mixed age group. So during the day, you have 00:06:07.620 --> 00:06:12.180 littles, you have the under five, sometimes one, 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:14.839 two year olds. And then after school, you have 00:06:14.839 --> 00:06:17.680 the big kids and their interests, their abilities 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:20.980 or developments are different. So it's trying 00:06:20.980 --> 00:06:25.259 to connect the two and set up a space that everybody 00:06:25.259 --> 00:06:29.740 can thrive in. Being mindful of that, the older 00:06:29.740 --> 00:06:32.540 kids need sensory play as well, but so do the 00:06:32.540 --> 00:06:36.100 younger kids and just having materials that everybody 00:06:36.100 --> 00:06:40.699 can use and learn from and engage with. Yes, 00:06:40.699 --> 00:06:43.819 that is one thing I would love to chat a little 00:06:43.819 --> 00:06:46.800 bit more is because obviously I love before and 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:48.699 after school care and there is a huge age gap 00:06:48.699 --> 00:06:52.519 in that already from four till 12. And now you 00:06:52.519 --> 00:06:55.480 throw a home day in the mix and it's all of a 00:06:55.480 --> 00:06:57.579 sudden, like you said, one till 12 sometimes. 00:06:57.720 --> 00:07:00.060 And that is a huge age gap. So how do you manage 00:07:00.060 --> 00:07:03.199 that at home? And how do you ensure that your 00:07:03.199 --> 00:07:07.100 programming is accessible and adaptable for children 00:07:07.100 --> 00:07:10.089 of different age groups? Yeah, so I kind of deal 00:07:10.089 --> 00:07:12.750 with this because my oldest is six years old. 00:07:12.769 --> 00:07:15.129 So she's in school all day. But I do have to 00:07:15.129 --> 00:07:17.209 find when she gets home, she needs activities. 00:07:17.329 --> 00:07:19.829 She needs things to engage with. So just making 00:07:19.829 --> 00:07:23.209 sure it might be that I have bins that come out 00:07:23.209 --> 00:07:26.470 at certain times of the day. Say like Lego, if 00:07:26.470 --> 00:07:27.750 I have really littles, I'm not going to have 00:07:27.750 --> 00:07:31.149 the Lego out during the day. But at 3 .30 when 00:07:31.149 --> 00:07:32.930 she gets home from school, I'll have the Lego 00:07:32.930 --> 00:07:37.069 bin out. a design space for them where you can 00:07:37.069 --> 00:07:39.529 use this material here where the babies aren't 00:07:39.529 --> 00:07:42.089 going to access it, where they can't reach it. 00:07:42.170 --> 00:07:45.470 And having just materials that you can grab and 00:07:45.470 --> 00:07:47.670 are accessible to the kids whenever they need 00:07:47.670 --> 00:07:51.649 them, but maybe not out in the open for everybody 00:07:51.649 --> 00:07:54.670 to grab. And it really comes down to the space 00:07:54.670 --> 00:07:58.769 and how you set up the classroom or your home 00:07:58.769 --> 00:08:01.449 or whatever it may be. Yeah, that's a great point. 00:08:01.509 --> 00:08:04.990 It also gives a sense of independence to your 00:08:04.990 --> 00:08:06.709 older children because then they're in charge 00:08:06.709 --> 00:08:09.129 of this and they know not to let the babies grab 00:08:09.129 --> 00:08:11.029 it. They know not to let the younger kids get 00:08:11.029 --> 00:08:13.149 involved and they have this own time for them 00:08:13.149 --> 00:08:16.250 to kind of explore with stuff that's more developmentally 00:08:16.250 --> 00:08:19.350 appropriate for them. Yeah, and allowing them 00:08:19.350 --> 00:08:22.019 to have the autonomy over the space. So... I 00:08:22.019 --> 00:08:24.199 have a pencil sharpener that's always out on 00:08:24.199 --> 00:08:28.480 my craft counter and the older kids know they 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:30.959 can use that pencil sharpener whenever they need. 00:08:31.060 --> 00:08:33.159 The younger, my two, three, four -year -old, 00:08:33.200 --> 00:08:35.080 well, maybe not two, but my three, four -year 00:08:35.080 --> 00:08:38.139 -olds also use it, but it's out and allowing 00:08:38.139 --> 00:08:41.639 the children the autonomy to use these more risky 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:45.279 objects and materials also comes down to it. 00:08:45.500 --> 00:08:49.000 Wow, awesome. And I'm wondering if there's any... 00:08:49.419 --> 00:08:52.019 Help between the older kids and the younger kids 00:08:52.019 --> 00:08:54.500 when it comes to things like your pencil sharpener 00:08:54.500 --> 00:08:58.139 or for sensory bins and engaging the older kids, 00:08:58.179 --> 00:09:00.759 engaging the younger kids in a play that might 00:09:00.759 --> 00:09:04.580 need more help. Yeah, they are definitely leaders 00:09:04.580 --> 00:09:11.149 and they model and... help in the space for sure. 00:09:11.269 --> 00:09:14.169 Especially with like meal times and snack, the 00:09:14.169 --> 00:09:16.710 older kids are helping bring the plates to the 00:09:16.710 --> 00:09:19.250 table. They're setting up, they're assisting 00:09:19.250 --> 00:09:21.690 with washing hands to make sure the line runs 00:09:21.690 --> 00:09:24.830 smoothly. And as a in -home childcare, I'm a 00:09:24.830 --> 00:09:27.610 one woman show. I don't have a second teacher. 00:09:27.690 --> 00:09:31.000 I don't have other support. So it's a balance 00:09:31.000 --> 00:09:33.539 between not putting responsibility on them too 00:09:33.539 --> 00:09:36.580 much, but also giving them that responsibility 00:09:36.580 --> 00:09:39.799 to help out when they are around. And on those 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:42.460 PD days and days that they're off school, it 00:09:42.460 --> 00:09:44.820 is a real treat to have the older kids here because 00:09:44.820 --> 00:09:46.740 I'm like, oh, I have an extra set of hands to 00:09:46.740 --> 00:09:49.519 help get the pencil crayons down when we're doing 00:09:49.519 --> 00:09:52.639 art or set up the table or assist in that lineup. 00:09:53.159 --> 00:09:55.559 So it frees up a little bit of my time, but also 00:09:55.559 --> 00:09:59.440 gives them that autonomy to be a leader and to 00:09:59.440 --> 00:10:02.960 show responsibility and independence. Yeah, and 00:10:02.960 --> 00:10:04.960 it's fun for them, right? Like it's fun for the 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:07.440 older kids to be like, ooh, I can do that. I 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:09.580 can be in charge or I can help out with this. 00:10:09.580 --> 00:10:12.120 And it probably becomes like a game or an excitement 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:14.080 for them. Like, oh, on the PD day, I get to help 00:10:14.080 --> 00:10:15.860 make the slime or on the PD day, I get to help 00:10:15.860 --> 00:10:19.220 make this or I can open this bin. My oldest calls 00:10:19.220 --> 00:10:23.179 it, she's like on anti -patrol. where she's watching 00:10:23.179 --> 00:10:25.559 the little babies just so that I can get something 00:10:25.559 --> 00:10:27.179 done. And she's like, I'll watch her. I'm on 00:10:27.179 --> 00:10:29.580 anti -patrol. And it's quite cute because when 00:10:29.580 --> 00:10:31.539 you have an 18 -month -old, they need eyes on 00:10:31.539 --> 00:10:33.799 them all the time. But sometimes you need to 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.779 go to the bathroom for a quick 30 seconds. Literally. 00:10:38.039 --> 00:10:40.440 Okay, literally. And it's not like a child care 00:10:40.440 --> 00:10:42.159 center where you can call someone in to pop in. 00:10:42.179 --> 00:10:44.080 You're like, no, okay. Everyone stay still for 00:10:44.080 --> 00:10:48.820 five minutes. Like, just have to pee. Thinking 00:10:48.820 --> 00:10:51.779 about your book and sensory materials, do you 00:10:51.779 --> 00:10:54.940 have a favorite sensory bin from the ebook that 00:10:54.940 --> 00:10:56.759 school -aged children tend to gravitate more 00:10:56.759 --> 00:11:01.679 to? Ooh, definitely the messier ones. Also the 00:11:01.679 --> 00:11:04.960 building and the setting up of them, not just 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:06.480 the ones where they remove the lids and they're 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:09.120 ready to go. They like that they've helped create 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:12.940 them. Recently at Halloween, we did monster mud 00:11:12.940 --> 00:11:17.600 or ghost mud, sorry. And it's where we to rip 00:11:17.600 --> 00:11:20.679 up toilet paper, we had to grade soap and then 00:11:20.679 --> 00:11:23.480 we add water and then it makes this white, soft, 00:11:23.500 --> 00:11:27.580 fluffy mud. And they loved it from start to finish. 00:11:27.639 --> 00:11:29.720 And some kids are like this is they like the 00:11:29.720 --> 00:11:31.879 ripping and the grading. But as soon as we added 00:11:31.879 --> 00:11:34.860 water, they were out. But there was one kid that 00:11:34.860 --> 00:11:37.340 was in there and they were building statues and 00:11:37.340 --> 00:11:40.460 objects and just mixing it up. And the texture 00:11:40.460 --> 00:11:44.879 changes so much over the play that. they just 00:11:44.879 --> 00:11:46.919 stay engaged and want to do it more and more 00:11:46.919 --> 00:11:49.700 and more. And I think the older kids definitely 00:11:49.700 --> 00:11:53.580 love the process of the sensory bins that are 00:11:53.580 --> 00:11:56.240 messier and that they get to build and create. 00:11:56.639 --> 00:11:59.059 Oh my goodness. First of all, I am super excited 00:11:59.059 --> 00:12:01.179 about that. So I will be checking that out in 00:12:01.179 --> 00:12:03.720 your ebook because that messy play is all I'm 00:12:03.720 --> 00:12:06.419 all for it. I love it. I love mud. I love messy. 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:10.460 I love it all. But you've just enlightened me 00:12:10.460 --> 00:12:13.379 on that it's not just about, and we talk about 00:12:13.379 --> 00:12:14.820 this a lot, it's not just about the product. 00:12:14.860 --> 00:12:16.700 But even in sensory bins, it's not just about 00:12:16.700 --> 00:12:19.019 the product. It's about the autonomy and that 00:12:19.019 --> 00:12:22.259 ability to build the product and to make these 00:12:22.259 --> 00:12:25.220 sensory bins together and to have their say in 00:12:25.220 --> 00:12:28.220 it as well as being a part of the process. That's 00:12:28.220 --> 00:12:31.440 so incredible. I love to utilize the children 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:35.039 when I'm sorting the sensory bins to make a new 00:12:35.039 --> 00:12:37.980 one. Again, being a one -woman show, I do a lot 00:12:37.980 --> 00:12:40.980 of that stuff during work hours because work 00:12:40.980 --> 00:12:44.879 -life balance. So I will sort out the sensory 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:47.559 bin during the day and then bring in a new one. 00:12:47.659 --> 00:12:50.000 And they love picking out all the pieces and 00:12:50.000 --> 00:12:53.440 the gems and the loose parts and stuff. And it's 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:55.679 a great learning opportunity for them, but they 00:12:55.679 --> 00:12:57.950 also get to help me at the same time. And it 00:12:57.950 --> 00:13:01.009 makes them more excited to then further their 00:13:01.009 --> 00:13:04.009 play within that sensory bin and try it in different 00:13:04.009 --> 00:13:07.309 ways. Oh, that's incredible. And then they recognize 00:13:07.309 --> 00:13:10.210 what materials we have because when I store my 00:13:10.210 --> 00:13:12.970 sensory materials, I don't store my materials 00:13:12.970 --> 00:13:15.350 as one bin. It's not, I don't have the ocean 00:13:15.350 --> 00:13:18.389 bin, the farm bin. I sort it by materials so 00:13:18.389 --> 00:13:21.669 that I can grab and interchange things as I need. 00:13:22.039 --> 00:13:24.679 And then they get to see, oh, you have black 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:29.320 gems. That's great for bugs, but it's also great 00:13:29.320 --> 00:13:31.720 for space when we do space when they're interested 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:34.159 in it. I love that they get to recognize what 00:13:34.159 --> 00:13:36.960 materials we have when they're helping sort and 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:39.090 go through it. That contributes to this beautiful 00:13:39.090 --> 00:13:41.629 emergent curriculum that we strive for where 00:13:41.629 --> 00:13:43.090 the children are interested and we're pulling 00:13:43.090 --> 00:13:45.110 their interest because then they know and they 00:13:45.110 --> 00:13:46.950 can show that they're interested in certain things. 00:13:47.009 --> 00:13:50.649 And now they're also incorporating what materials 00:13:50.649 --> 00:13:53.269 you have to further those interests. That's incredible. 00:13:53.750 --> 00:13:58.669 And I operate my day home as child led emergent 00:13:58.669 --> 00:14:02.590 curriculum. So I don't have the themed bins necessarily 00:14:02.590 --> 00:14:04.870 because I'm following the children's lead one 00:14:04.870 --> 00:14:07.740 week. It could be like right now we're into gingerbread, 00:14:07.820 --> 00:14:09.740 but next week it could be snowflakes or it could 00:14:09.740 --> 00:14:11.860 be Santa Claus. Like we don't know going into 00:14:11.860 --> 00:14:15.659 the holiday season or it could be ocean animals. 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:18.879 But then the next week it could be space and 00:14:18.879 --> 00:14:22.919 their interests change so quickly. And I love 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.659 that the way I store my materials, I can support 00:14:26.659 --> 00:14:29.059 that. Wow. Your passion is shining through and 00:14:29.059 --> 00:14:31.200 I love it so much. This is making me so excited. 00:14:31.769 --> 00:14:34.750 In terms of sensory play, how does it help regulation, 00:14:35.129 --> 00:14:38.309 creativity, imagination, or even leadership in 00:14:38.309 --> 00:14:40.289 these children? We touched a little bit on it, 00:14:40.330 --> 00:14:43.690 but... Yeah, sensory play is such an important 00:14:43.690 --> 00:14:48.669 part of early learning. It offers so many opportunities 00:14:48.669 --> 00:14:53.230 for learning from fine motor, gross motor, self 00:14:53.230 --> 00:14:56.509 -regulation, imagination, language skills, early 00:14:56.509 --> 00:15:00.269 math and science skills. So there's so much value 00:15:00.269 --> 00:15:05.190 in it that it can't be eliminated from our classrooms. 00:15:05.309 --> 00:15:07.950 And it's one thing in the 15 years of doing child 00:15:07.950 --> 00:15:11.629 care that has stayed consistent. Everywhere I've 00:15:11.629 --> 00:15:14.629 worked from infants to school age, there's always 00:15:14.629 --> 00:15:17.269 been a sensory bin and they have so much value 00:15:17.269 --> 00:15:19.370 in them. And that's what I love about them is 00:15:19.370 --> 00:15:22.049 that they are timeless and they're never going 00:15:22.049 --> 00:15:24.929 to go away. And we need to bring it back to the 00:15:24.929 --> 00:15:27.590 basics of having sensory bins into the classroom. 00:15:28.110 --> 00:15:30.230 I agree. And you're taking it so much further 00:15:30.230 --> 00:15:32.750 than just a sand in a water table. You're incorporating 00:15:32.750 --> 00:15:35.490 all of these great needs and all of these great 00:15:35.490 --> 00:15:38.629 abilities into your sensory bins, which is beautiful 00:15:38.629 --> 00:15:40.990 because there's so much more to the world than 00:15:40.990 --> 00:15:44.809 just sand and water. Absolutely. And yeah, when 00:15:44.809 --> 00:15:48.070 you bring in, I call them my add -ons or add 00:15:48.070 --> 00:15:51.250 -ins, when you bring in the add -ins and link 00:15:51.250 --> 00:15:54.590 it to the children's... interests and what they're 00:15:54.590 --> 00:15:57.710 into, the learning just is even more magical 00:15:57.710 --> 00:16:00.789 because they've made that connection. And if 00:16:00.789 --> 00:16:04.149 it's birds and they're seeing birds and nests 00:16:04.149 --> 00:16:07.009 and different things in a sensory bin, they're 00:16:07.009 --> 00:16:09.830 making that connection. And we know when children 00:16:09.830 --> 00:16:13.110 make those connections through play, the neuropathways 00:16:13.110 --> 00:16:15.750 are developing so much quicker. And that's what 00:16:15.750 --> 00:16:18.720 I love about sensory bins. Yes, you're so right. 00:16:18.860 --> 00:16:20.799 And then they can connect it to the real world 00:16:20.799 --> 00:16:23.799 and what that looks like. And it does. It creates 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.480 this beautiful learning moment and they get so 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:28.899 much more out of it than just necessarily sitting 00:16:28.899 --> 00:16:31.139 there and saying, okay, this is what a bird does 00:16:31.139 --> 00:16:33.039 to build their nest. They get to actually live 00:16:33.039 --> 00:16:36.580 it. Amazing. So what would you say to an educator 00:16:36.580 --> 00:16:41.460 who is thinking that sensory bins are too messy 00:16:41.460 --> 00:16:45.370 or too young or too much work for them? The joy 00:16:45.370 --> 00:16:49.389 of sensory bins is they are adaptable to everybody, 00:16:49.669 --> 00:16:52.990 every space, every classroom. Myself as an educator, 00:16:53.250 --> 00:16:56.649 I have different thresholds. Some days I'm okay 00:16:56.649 --> 00:17:00.289 if the sensory material is going around my classroom 00:17:00.289 --> 00:17:02.029 and they're using it in the play kitchen, they're 00:17:02.029 --> 00:17:04.509 using it in the train set. But then other days 00:17:04.509 --> 00:17:07.150 I have a lower threshold where I'm like, you 00:17:07.150 --> 00:17:09.210 know what? I don't want to be cleaning up rice 00:17:09.210 --> 00:17:12.390 for the next two weeks. So I think knowing our 00:17:12.390 --> 00:17:16.309 own thresholds when it comes to sensory play 00:17:16.309 --> 00:17:18.869 and adapting the material. If you don't like 00:17:18.869 --> 00:17:21.710 cleaning up rice, put a different basin that 00:17:21.710 --> 00:17:25.289 is bigger so it's less messy. Also sensory bands 00:17:25.289 --> 00:17:29.089 aren't a set it and forget it thing. They need 00:17:29.089 --> 00:17:32.829 guidance and modeling and in the beginning you 00:17:32.829 --> 00:17:35.049 might be doing those bigger materials so that 00:17:35.049 --> 00:17:38.170 they're less messy and then work towards the 00:17:38.170 --> 00:17:41.509 messier materials as the year goes on. But those 00:17:41.509 --> 00:17:44.269 first few weeks, you're modeling. Materials stay 00:17:44.269 --> 00:17:46.829 in the bin. We don't put materials in our mouth. 00:17:46.930 --> 00:17:49.150 Just using that language with the children so 00:17:49.150 --> 00:17:52.650 that they learn how to use our sensory bin responsibly 00:17:52.650 --> 00:17:55.069 and appropriately for your classroom and your 00:17:55.069 --> 00:17:58.920 space. And then... that you can then adapt it 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:03.099 more as it goes on into the messier play. So 00:18:03.099 --> 00:18:05.980 don't start with ghost mud, your first sensory 00:18:05.980 --> 00:18:09.440 bin. Start with something bigger. Pom -poms are 00:18:09.440 --> 00:18:13.079 a great one. They are... far less messy than 00:18:13.079 --> 00:18:15.839 rice or sand. But yeah, I wouldn't start with 00:18:15.839 --> 00:18:18.299 the messiest thing. Work your way up to it. Model 00:18:18.299 --> 00:18:21.259 to the children how to use the sensory bin, how 00:18:21.259 --> 00:18:23.400 to use the materials, what your expectations 00:18:23.400 --> 00:18:25.859 are, and you're allowed to set your expectations 00:18:25.859 --> 00:18:29.420 for your classroom and your space. And that's 00:18:29.420 --> 00:18:31.920 the joy of them is they are adaptable. If you're 00:18:31.920 --> 00:18:33.859 working with young babies, you're being mindful 00:18:33.859 --> 00:18:36.339 of what they're putting in their mouth and who's 00:18:36.339 --> 00:18:39.880 using materials to taste stuff. You're going 00:18:39.880 --> 00:18:42.619 to adapt it to them. Whereas school age kids, 00:18:42.759 --> 00:18:46.700 you can do the messier, the smaller, the more 00:18:46.700 --> 00:18:52.039 little items that can be for them. So that's 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:54.279 what I absolutely love about Sensory Place is 00:18:54.279 --> 00:18:57.660 it's adaptable to anybody. But start with yourself 00:18:57.660 --> 00:19:00.440 and what your thresholds are. Yes. Oh, that's 00:19:00.440 --> 00:19:02.900 great advice. And I think that we put a lot of 00:19:02.900 --> 00:19:05.559 pressure on, I'm just thinking about school age 00:19:05.559 --> 00:19:07.720 right now, that they might not like things without 00:19:07.720 --> 00:19:09.680 actually trying things to see if they like them. 00:19:09.700 --> 00:19:11.829 And I think that school agers... deserve the 00:19:11.829 --> 00:19:13.990 same attention that we would be giving to like 00:19:13.990 --> 00:19:16.150 in our planning towards preschoolers or toddlers 00:19:16.150 --> 00:19:18.549 or babies and I think they would be I think we 00:19:18.549 --> 00:19:20.869 would be surprised as educators on how much they 00:19:20.869 --> 00:19:23.390 would enjoy sensory bins or new sensory like 00:19:23.390 --> 00:19:26.609 I bet your ghost mud went insane like I bet that 00:19:26.609 --> 00:19:29.410 would be incredible to see for the school ages 00:19:29.410 --> 00:19:31.549 and thinking about my school ages I'm like oh 00:19:31.549 --> 00:19:33.329 my gosh like I kind of just want to try this 00:19:33.329 --> 00:19:34.930 tomorrow because they would be they would be 00:19:34.930 --> 00:19:37.930 so enthralled with that the messiness of it so 00:19:37.930 --> 00:19:40.950 I think that just also giving children grace 00:19:40.950 --> 00:19:43.470 and remembering that they are children and that 00:19:43.470 --> 00:19:45.549 these things do bring them joy. Yeah. And if 00:19:45.549 --> 00:19:47.509 you aren't doing ghost mud at Halloween, you 00:19:47.509 --> 00:19:50.930 can call it clean mud. So maybe kids that are 00:19:50.930 --> 00:19:53.670 more hesitant to get into messy play, you can 00:19:53.670 --> 00:19:56.529 say it's clean mud and just use it that way. 00:19:56.970 --> 00:19:59.509 For the school -agers, but yeah, school -age, 00:19:59.509 --> 00:20:01.269 I worked in out -of -school care for three and 00:20:01.269 --> 00:20:04.190 a half years. A lot of my early sensory bins 00:20:04.190 --> 00:20:06.869 were with school -age kids. And it's interesting 00:20:06.869 --> 00:20:10.230 to think back to how they used sensory bins compared 00:20:10.230 --> 00:20:15.109 to my littles now. They were more into the imaginary, 00:20:15.430 --> 00:20:20.630 turning it into coffee shops and building the 00:20:20.630 --> 00:20:24.390 dramatic play around the sensory bin. Whereas 00:20:24.390 --> 00:20:26.970 the younger kids are using it more for the scooping, 00:20:26.970 --> 00:20:29.910 the pouring, the sorting. But both are beneficial 00:20:29.910 --> 00:20:34.789 and both are so special to see. Incredible. And 00:20:34.789 --> 00:20:37.029 when you worked in out -of -school care, did 00:20:37.029 --> 00:20:40.369 you find it, how did you find it introducing 00:20:40.369 --> 00:20:42.789 these sensory bins to the children? Did you find 00:20:42.789 --> 00:20:45.349 you were met with apprehension from the kids? 00:20:45.410 --> 00:20:47.390 Like, I'm not doing that. That's for babies. 00:20:47.509 --> 00:20:49.369 Or did you find that they were excited? Or was 00:20:49.369 --> 00:20:53.009 there a mix? No, I think they all loved sensory 00:20:53.009 --> 00:20:55.730 play. And again, it's how you set up your classroom, 00:20:55.869 --> 00:20:59.230 how you view the materials in your classroom. 00:20:59.609 --> 00:21:02.170 Oftentimes, we know that out -of -school care 00:21:02.170 --> 00:21:05.730 stuff is kind of stagnant. The materials stay 00:21:05.730 --> 00:21:08.650 the same. The toys are usually the same, whereas 00:21:08.650 --> 00:21:11.970 the sensory bins can change on a weekly basis. 00:21:12.089 --> 00:21:15.109 So I felt that that kept the kids' interest a 00:21:15.109 --> 00:21:17.650 lot more when I was building sensory bins for 00:21:17.650 --> 00:21:20.500 them. I could adapt it more to their interests 00:21:20.500 --> 00:21:24.319 in the classroom. Oh, amazing. Just going back 00:21:24.319 --> 00:21:26.059 to your ebook, I'm kind of jumping all around, 00:21:26.140 --> 00:21:27.859 but I'm just so excited to be talking to you 00:21:27.859 --> 00:21:31.359 about this. Your ebook promises manageable, educator 00:21:31.359 --> 00:21:34.779 -friendly ideas. What tips do you have for keeping 00:21:34.779 --> 00:21:38.240 sensory play simple and low stress? I break sensory 00:21:38.240 --> 00:21:41.420 materials down into three parts. So I have the 00:21:41.420 --> 00:21:45.539 bases, what I'm using as the scooping, the pouring, 00:21:45.700 --> 00:21:48.720 the mixing. That's the rice, the sand, the water, 00:21:48.759 --> 00:21:51.960 different materials like that. And then I have 00:21:51.960 --> 00:21:54.819 the add -ins. And the add -ins are what I use 00:21:54.819 --> 00:21:57.819 to connect it to the children's interests. And 00:21:57.819 --> 00:22:00.819 that could be the birds. That could be holidays. 00:22:01.440 --> 00:22:04.019 So many different add -ins you can add. And then 00:22:04.019 --> 00:22:06.720 the tools, the tweezers, the tongs, the sorting 00:22:06.720 --> 00:22:10.339 trays. And by breaking down sensory bins into 00:22:10.339 --> 00:22:13.819 those three parts, it makes it way more manageable 00:22:13.819 --> 00:22:15.420 when you're building because you're like, okay, 00:22:15.460 --> 00:22:17.720 I need a base. What are the children's interests? 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:20.240 How am I going to have the add -ins? And then 00:22:20.240 --> 00:22:24.359 what tools can I put in to support the children's 00:22:24.359 --> 00:22:27.240 learning and development? Oh, I love that. And 00:22:27.240 --> 00:22:29.900 yeah, like every bin that I've seen, it has those 00:22:29.900 --> 00:22:31.779 three parts. It has something like that they 00:22:31.779 --> 00:22:34.059 can play in. And without one of those pieces, 00:22:34.160 --> 00:22:36.680 it's kind of... It kind of falls short because 00:22:36.680 --> 00:22:38.819 you can't scoop sand if you don't have a scoop 00:22:38.819 --> 00:22:41.740 or you can't scoop sand if you don't have the 00:22:41.740 --> 00:22:45.359 sand. So I like that. And it kind of breaks it 00:22:45.359 --> 00:22:47.200 into these pieces where educators are like, OK, 00:22:47.279 --> 00:22:49.799 first step, find a base. Second step, what are 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:51.720 the children interested in that I can throw into 00:22:51.720 --> 00:22:53.980 this bin? And then how can I manipulate their 00:22:53.980 --> 00:22:56.119 learning with materials, whether it's going to 00:22:56.119 --> 00:22:57.779 be fine motor or gross motor skills that they're 00:22:57.779 --> 00:23:02.400 working on? And the e -book is broken down. All 00:23:02.400 --> 00:23:04.759 the lists of materials are broken down into that. 00:23:05.160 --> 00:23:08.440 a base, an add -in and the tools. So if you don't 00:23:08.440 --> 00:23:11.960 have sand, but you have pluffle or you have kinetic 00:23:11.960 --> 00:23:15.559 sand instead of water, like you can adapt things. 00:23:15.819 --> 00:23:18.980 Again, my add -ins are going to be very different 00:23:18.980 --> 00:23:21.740 from your add -ins just because we all have different 00:23:21.740 --> 00:23:24.680 materials. Same with the trays. You might, your 00:23:24.680 --> 00:23:26.619 kids might be really into sorting. So you're 00:23:26.619 --> 00:23:29.319 going to be putting more trays in. compared to 00:23:29.319 --> 00:23:32.359 a classroom that they're really into the fine 00:23:32.359 --> 00:23:35.819 motor of tongs and pinching and things like that. 00:23:35.900 --> 00:23:40.019 So it's adaptable to anybody. Amazing. And what 00:23:40.019 --> 00:23:43.019 I'm hearing is it's also so strongly based on 00:23:43.019 --> 00:23:45.059 your classroom and what the children are working 00:23:45.059 --> 00:23:46.779 on. So like you said, if they're not working 00:23:46.779 --> 00:23:48.819 on the gross motor skills of dumping, if they 00:23:48.819 --> 00:23:50.740 need more of those fine motor training, then 00:23:50.740 --> 00:23:52.759 you're going to put in the tweezers or the tongs. 00:23:53.000 --> 00:23:57.319 Exactly. It really is an inspiration guide for 00:23:57.319 --> 00:24:00.640 educators and families just to go a starting 00:24:00.640 --> 00:24:03.940 off point. And it gives you that ability to base 00:24:03.940 --> 00:24:05.920 it around your children and the kids in your 00:24:05.920 --> 00:24:09.279 care. And you know them best. And now Kayla and 00:24:09.279 --> 00:24:11.039 I have only known each other for a short amount 00:24:11.039 --> 00:24:13.079 of time. We met at the EC experience, which was 00:24:13.079 --> 00:24:17.099 incredible. Ever since I met you, you've hyped 00:24:17.099 --> 00:24:19.579 up sensory bins so much. There's not a point 00:24:19.579 --> 00:24:21.960 that I'm like, oh, you know what? Can I have 00:24:21.960 --> 00:24:24.539 a second guess? I fully believe that you know 00:24:24.539 --> 00:24:27.160 why this matters so much to you, but I would 00:24:27.160 --> 00:24:28.740 love if you could share that reason with me. 00:24:28.759 --> 00:24:31.400 Is there a moment or is there while you're creating 00:24:31.400 --> 00:24:32.960 this or while you're working on your business, 00:24:33.079 --> 00:24:35.880 is there what spoke to you that said, this is 00:24:35.880 --> 00:24:39.359 why sensory play matters so much? Sensory bins 00:24:39.359 --> 00:24:42.579 matter. The biggest thing that I've taken away 00:24:42.579 --> 00:24:46.140 over the last little while of looking back on 00:24:46.140 --> 00:24:49.680 my career is sensory bins have been timeless. 00:24:49.779 --> 00:24:52.740 They are something that has shown up in every 00:24:52.740 --> 00:24:55.799 classroom I've worked in with every age ability 00:24:55.799 --> 00:25:01.619 of children. And I think we see... the sensory 00:25:01.619 --> 00:25:04.720 bins out and about now and they're in stores 00:25:04.720 --> 00:25:07.359 there's so many small shops but they're Pinterest 00:25:07.359 --> 00:25:11.039 worthy sensory bins and it makes it unattainable 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:13.680 and we think well we can't do that we don't have 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:16.079 that and I wanted to bring it back to the basics 00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:19.700 of we don't need all the fancy stuff but sensory 00:25:19.700 --> 00:25:23.650 play is so important for our children. And it 00:25:23.650 --> 00:25:26.549 needs to be in every classroom. Every child needs 00:25:26.549 --> 00:25:30.150 access to a sensory bin. And as educators, we 00:25:30.150 --> 00:25:33.170 have the fancy, we do the elaborate, but just 00:25:33.170 --> 00:25:35.670 bringing it back to the basics is awesome too. 00:25:35.849 --> 00:25:37.650 Yeah, and it reminds you of why you do what you 00:25:37.650 --> 00:25:39.509 do and why these sensory bins are important. 00:25:39.569 --> 00:25:42.130 Absolutely. You're so right. These Pinterest 00:25:42.130 --> 00:25:44.470 -worthy sensory bins, it makes it unattainable. 00:25:44.549 --> 00:25:46.549 It makes it feel like, okay, I'm an educator. 00:25:46.890 --> 00:25:48.650 I don't actually make that much money. I can't 00:25:48.650 --> 00:25:50.609 go to Michael's. Bless Michael's. I love Michael's. 00:25:50.650 --> 00:25:52.130 But I can't go to Michael's and buy these sensory 00:25:52.130 --> 00:25:55.230 bins that are just going to be destroyed or the 00:25:55.230 --> 00:25:57.650 children are going to be not interested in them 00:25:57.650 --> 00:25:59.569 after a week. So then what? What do we do then? 00:25:59.730 --> 00:26:02.150 Where I think your book really brings it home 00:26:02.150 --> 00:26:05.170 to, nope, we can do this. And there's so many 00:26:05.170 --> 00:26:06.990 great things that we can do on our own that we 00:26:06.990 --> 00:26:08.690 don't have to go out and buy these quote unquote 00:26:08.690 --> 00:26:12.170 expensive materials. Yeah. Absolutely. In your 00:26:12.170 --> 00:26:15.970 15 years of wonderfulness, I'm sure a lot longer 00:26:15.970 --> 00:26:19.069 than that, but 15 years of ECE, what one sensory 00:26:19.069 --> 00:26:21.630 play moment that really stuck with you or revealed 00:26:21.630 --> 00:26:23.230 something special about the children in your 00:26:23.230 --> 00:26:26.589 care? Just to put it this way. One of my favorite 00:26:26.589 --> 00:26:31.420 ones. was I used coffee beans in a sensory bin 00:26:31.420 --> 00:26:36.059 and the smell of my classroom was to die for, 00:26:36.180 --> 00:26:40.160 like just the best. But I had coffee beans and 00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:44.019 I think I was mimicking like dirt was my intentions. 00:26:44.099 --> 00:26:48.279 But the kids took, I had wood cookie blocks in 00:26:48.279 --> 00:26:51.619 there and they were smashing the coffee beans 00:26:51.619 --> 00:26:55.599 and grinding the coffee. And this was school 00:26:55.599 --> 00:26:58.599 age. But to take a material that they probably 00:26:58.599 --> 00:27:01.619 don't know what coffee beans are, but the aroma 00:27:01.619 --> 00:27:05.019 and to crush them. And then they were turning 00:27:05.019 --> 00:27:07.400 the blocks brown because of the coffee beans. 00:27:07.519 --> 00:27:10.519 And this is probably 10 years ago. And I still 00:27:10.519 --> 00:27:13.759 remember, I still can smell the smell of those 00:27:13.759 --> 00:27:18.180 coffee beans and just how excited the kids were 00:27:18.180 --> 00:27:21.769 to have that element in the sensory bin. Oh, 00:27:21.809 --> 00:27:23.589 I love that so much. That would have taken your 00:27:23.589 --> 00:27:26.549 learning on a completely different turn on what 00:27:26.549 --> 00:27:28.150 you were planning on. And that's what makes it 00:27:28.150 --> 00:27:30.369 so beautiful too, because then you're like, okay, 00:27:30.470 --> 00:27:32.230 I guess we're learning about coffee and how it's 00:27:32.230 --> 00:27:34.009 made because now the children are doing it themselves 00:27:34.009 --> 00:27:37.349 in our sensory bins. Yeah. You would have had 00:27:37.349 --> 00:27:39.670 some very fresh coffee. I'm a little jealous. 00:27:40.809 --> 00:27:43.970 I would take that coffee over the mud coffee 00:27:43.970 --> 00:27:49.269 that my toddlers make now. Fair, very fair. Oh 00:27:49.269 --> 00:27:53.279 my goodness. If you can shift one mindset in 00:27:53.279 --> 00:27:55.380 the field about sensory play, particularly for 00:27:55.380 --> 00:27:57.500 school -age children, what would it be? School 00:27:57.500 --> 00:28:01.099 -age children need and deserve sensory play just 00:28:01.099 --> 00:28:03.720 as much as the young toddlers and preschoolers. 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:06.940 I love that. And I couldn't agree more. Wholeheartedly, 00:28:06.940 --> 00:28:09.079 I agree with that. I think that it is an important 00:28:09.079 --> 00:28:11.400 part of development. I think it's also an important 00:28:11.400 --> 00:28:13.900 part for accessibility and inclusion. So that's 00:28:13.900 --> 00:28:17.490 beautiful. Where can educators find your new 00:28:17.490 --> 00:28:20.609 ebook and explore more of your resources through 00:28:20.609 --> 00:28:24.190 Capable Learners? They can find it at capablelearners 00:28:24.190 --> 00:28:28.349 .ca as well as I'm on Instagram at Capable Learners 00:28:28.349 --> 00:28:32.589 Day Home. I share videos and tips and tricks 00:28:32.589 --> 00:28:36.289 and just day in the lives of a day home operator. 00:28:36.609 --> 00:28:38.990 So you can always find me on Instagram. And for 00:28:38.990 --> 00:28:42.150 anybody listening today, if you want that ebook, 00:28:42.309 --> 00:28:45.789 if you comment or use the code bins five, you 00:28:45.789 --> 00:28:49.089 get $5 off the ebook. And I'm sure Jamie will 00:28:49.089 --> 00:28:51.970 leave the link down below. Oh, I will. As well 00:28:51.970 --> 00:28:54.650 as your contact information because your Instagram 00:28:54.650 --> 00:28:58.509 gram has been popping. Okay, it's so great. I 00:28:58.509 --> 00:29:00.630 love I love following along with all the amazing 00:29:00.630 --> 00:29:02.710 things you do in your day home. And finally, 00:29:02.730 --> 00:29:05.470 if there's anything else that you'd love listeners 00:29:05.470 --> 00:29:07.730 to know, Before we wrap up this conversation, 00:29:07.990 --> 00:29:10.210 is there anything you want to say or anything 00:29:10.210 --> 00:29:12.089 else you want to talk about about sensory bins 00:29:12.089 --> 00:29:15.730 or just anything? I think we hit most of it. 00:29:15.769 --> 00:29:18.430 I think we nailed it. Amazing. Kayla, you are 00:29:18.430 --> 00:29:21.529 so wonderful. This is incredible. And I am beyond 00:29:21.529 --> 00:29:24.490 excited for what this brings to educators at 00:29:24.490 --> 00:29:27.269 the level of sensory and to see everything else 00:29:27.269 --> 00:29:29.849 that you come up with for this. I'm so excited 00:29:29.849 --> 00:29:33.390 that sensory bins are going back to the basics, 00:29:33.410 --> 00:29:36.230 but also that you're bringing so much more than 00:29:36.230 --> 00:29:39.529 I even thought of to sensory bins. I was talking 00:29:39.529 --> 00:29:41.950 to you, I got so many great ideas, and I am literally 00:29:41.950 --> 00:29:43.849 excited to order your book right now because 00:29:43.849 --> 00:29:47.009 it's so much fun for the children, and it also 00:29:47.009 --> 00:29:49.529 brings a level of fun for the educators that 00:29:49.529 --> 00:29:51.900 I think we all need right now. Well, thank you 00:29:51.900 --> 00:29:54.380 so much. And I just love talking about sensory 00:29:54.380 --> 00:29:56.259 bins and I can talk about them all day long. 00:29:56.440 --> 00:29:59.160 So I'm excited for you to get your hands on it. 00:29:59.240 --> 00:30:02.140 And I can't wait to see how you take my ideas 00:30:02.140 --> 00:30:05.000 and adapt them to the kids you work with. Thank 00:30:05.000 --> 00:30:08.059 you, Kayla. And thank you, listeners. Thank you 00:30:08.059 --> 00:30:10.500 for tuning in to another day of the Forgotten 00:30:10.500 --> 00:30:15.859 AC. And stay cool. And we will chat soon. Bye. 00:30:22.599 --> 00:30:25.000 Thank you. Amazing listeners for your support. 00:30:25.160 --> 00:30:27.539 Don't forget to follow me on Instagram at Miss 00:30:27.539 --> 00:30:30.700 Jamie underscore R -E -C -E. Give a star rating 00:30:30.700 --> 00:30:33.039 and leave a review. Have something you want to 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:35.299 hear about in relation to before and after school 00:30:35.299 --> 00:30:38.220 programs or full day summer camp? DM me or comment. 00:30:38.359 --> 00:30:40.900 Again, thank you so much and happy learning.