Featuring our $5 Grocery Store Sensory Table Printable Pack
This week we’re heading down the pretend aisles for a full-on play-based shopping experience! “G is for Grocery Store” is perfect for learning about food groups, money, sorting, and community helpers. The Grocery Store Printable Pack transforms your sensory table into a market filled with learning fun.
🛒 What’s in the $5 Grocery Store Printable Pack
The Grocery Store Sensory Table Printable Pack includes:
A printable awning, banner, checkout flag, and themed shop signs like “Fresh Produce,” “Pay Here,” and “G is for Grocery Store”
2–3 activity sheets: letter G tracing, food group sorting, and a printable mini shopping list
A soft pastel color palette with mint, peach, and sunny yellow
Perfect for IKEA Flisat tables or open-ended play bins
🧰 Materials You’ll Need
IKEA Flisat table or any bin
Sensory base: dry beans, rice, pasta, pom poms, or shredded paper
Pretend food items: plastic fruits and veggies, mini boxes or containers
Play money, a small basket, reusable bags, scoops or tongs
Optional: DIY checkout station with a toy register or cardboard box
Laminated worksheets or dry-erase sleeves
🛍️ How to Set Up Your Grocery Store Sensory Bin
Decorate your Flisat table with the storefront banner, flags, and signs.
Fill your bins with a neutral sensory base (beans or shredded paper work great).
Add pretend food and create “aisles” or labeled sections (produce, bakery, dairy).
Set up the mini shopping list worksheet or invite kids to make their own.
Add a play register or small container as the “checkout” station.
Let your child scoop, sort, shop, and pretend they’re stocking shelves or ringing up groceries!
🎯 Learning Objectives by Age Group
6–12 mo: Sensory exploration with color and texture
1–2 yrs: Color recognition, scooping practice
2–3 yrs: Object sorting, simple environmental words
3–4 yrs: Letter E tracing, recycling concepts, vocabulary
4–5 yrs: Classifying recyclables, early writing, Earth-friendly storytelling
💌 Free Bonus: A to Z Letter of the Week Guide
Don’t forget your Free Printable Letter of the Week Poster! Download the A–Z Letter of the Week Sensory Guide, with all 26 themes, links to products, and learning goals. You’ll also receive the Letter of the Week Email Series, with weekly reminders, bonus activity ideas, and links to new blog content.
💡 Tips to Extend the Activity
Create your own price tags and assign coins to each item
Add clipboards and crayons for “shopping lists”
Use a toy scanner or pretend debit card machine
Practice polite shopper language: “Excuse me,” “How much is this?” “Thank you!”
📚 Related Activities
🔤 25 Vocabulary Words for “Grocery Store” Theme
grocery, green beans, grapes, group, gather, good, give, go, gum, granola, grain, grape juice, groceries, glass jar, grocery bag, ground beef, garden salad, gate, gift card, gallon, gas, grocery list, grocery cart, groceries, letter G
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