Beans and Cheerios

I have been trying to come up with some new ideas to keep Laila's attention and start teaching her a little bit as she's getting closer to pre-school age. I decided to do a sensory box with some uncooked black beans and she has had a ball playing with it over the last few days. She fills the ice cube trays with the beans, we count with them, she touches/feels them and pours them from cup to cup. She likes "teaching" Juliet what she is learning too. Juliet is learning how to eat Cheerios and can occasionally pick them up and get them to her mouth. It's kind of just an accident when she actually accomplishes it at this point, but she's staying occupied none the less!