📚 Playful Learning: 5 Fun Ways to Explore Your Kit

Discover enriching, hands‑on ways to play with sensory book kits and accessories from Stories In Sensory — each activity blends storytelling with movement, creativity, and early skills.

1. Tell the Story Out Loud with Props & Playdough
Bring your book kit to life! Use the themed playdough and 3D‑printed characters to narrate the tale in your own words. For example, in the Jack and the Beanstalk Fairytale Book Kit, children can mold a towering stem, position Jack, the giant, magic beans, and castle pieces while retelling the adventure. This promotes fine motor coordination, sequencing, and language development. 

2. STEM‑Style Challenges & Building Fun
Turn play into a learning challenge—can your child stack the beanstalk high enough to "reach the clouds"? Or build straw, stick, and brick houses just like in The Three Little Pigs kit? The process encourages planning, problem‑solving, and early spatial reasoning. 

3. Sorting, Counting & Vocabulary Mats
Each kit comes with interactive mats and cards focusing on number sense, size sorting, or vocabulary. Use them to practice counting with magic‑bean number cards (1–16), sort by size, or match characters with settings. These exercises are fun, tactile, and subtly educational. 

4. Customize with Busy Jars & Sensory Bases
Take the adventure on the go with matching Busy Jars like Dinosaurs, Ocean, or Farm themes. These portable sensory playscapes let children explore textures and mini figures while staying engaged in any setting. The sensory base trays—like shimmering rice or bio‑tray kits—add another layer of tactile exploration. 

5. Use Learning Guides for Directed Discovery
Dive deeper with downloadable learning guides for each book kit. These offer lesson ideas, printable mats, extension activities, and tips tailored to different age groups and developmental goals. Parents and teachers can turn open‑ended play into intentional learning moments. 

Why These Kits Work So Well
Stories In Sensory designs their kits around the idea that “PLAY is our brain’s favorite way of learning”. Each kit is developed by educators and includes holistic components that build fine motor control, early literacy, math understanding, and creative thinking—all while reading with all the senses. 

🧠 Sample Play Session: Jack and the Beanstalk Kit
Read or listen to the story using the kit’s optional QR‑coded book add‑on.

1. Lay out the sequencing mat and count magic beans using number cards.
2. Model playdough and stack beanstalk sections as tall as you can.
3. Act out the story using Jack, the giant, goose, and castle figures.
4. Wrap up by sorting objects by size and practicing early addition on the ten‑frame sheet.

Final Thoughts

Whether you have a Book Kit, a Busy Jar, or sensory base accessories, these sets from Stories In Sensory offer countless, multi‑sensory ways to connect stories with play. From classic tales like Three Little Pigs to adventures in oceans or bug worlds, each kit turns storytime into sensory exploration—perfect for curious little learners ages 3 and up.