Space, galaxies, aliens, stars, the universe! Find all this and more in this diverse collection of free printable space activities for kids.
Science, technology, engineering, and math activities for kindergarteners. A list of over 30 great STEM activities for kindergarten for at home or in the classroom!
As pediatric therapists, we all know how beneficial proprioceptive activities are for children. These heavy work exercises help provide students with sensory information about body awareness and positions. They help to calm and regulate a student. Proprioceptive activities can also help to wake up the muscles getting our bodies in an alert state to be ready to learn. Some of the best proprioceptive exercises for children are monkey bars, jungle gyms and trampolines. Obviously, those are not available throughout the school day so here are 10 proprioceptive activities for the classroom that students can do independently: Chair Push Ups: Sitting with upright posture in a classroom chair, the child put his/her hands on the side of the seat. The child lifts and holds his/her bottom up off the seat for 3-5 seconds and then slowly lowers back down into the chair. Wall Push Ups: Put both hands on the wall with the feet a little farther than arm’s length back from the wall. Lean your body towards the wall and back out. Another option is to just push both hands against the wall for 5-10 seconds with arms extended. Desk Push Ups: Place both forearms on the desk, palms facing down and flat. Lean your body weight over your forearms lifting your bottom off the chair. Return to a seated position. Repeat several times. Bear Hugs: Wrap your arms around your chest or knees and give yourself a big, firm hug. Arm Squeezes: Use your right hand to give firm arm squeezes up your left arm starting at the wrist. Repeat with the left hand squeezing the right arm Carry Heavy Books: Give the child a job to organize or hand out heavy books. Wash the desks or boards: The child can apply pressure when wiping the desks. Stack or unstack classroom chairs: Classroom chairs are heavy therefore this is “heavy work”. Use a hand held pencil sharpener: The act of holding and turning the pencil with one hand and holding the pencil sharpener tight with the other hand provides proprioceptive input the hands and fingers. Jumping in place: Jumping in place, jumping jacks or marching in place helps to wake up the leg muscles and provide sensory input. This is a great activity to do before activities that require body awareness such as sitting during circle time and walking in a classroom line. You could create a proprioception station in the classroom. Students could perform heavy work activities prior to school work. Proprioceptive Poems can help jump start that station into action. This digital document includes the Push Poem and Jump Poem. The poems encourage proprioceptive input with visual cues for the child to follow. Each poem comes with 5 pictures for visual cues along with a poster. The sing song text of the poem is easy for the child to remember. This is a great starter activity prior to table top tasks, fine motor skills and tactile input. FIND OUT MORE INFORMATION. Read more about proprioception and handwriting. The post Proprioceptive Activities for the Classroom appeared first on Your Therapy Source.
Here we have free and learning activities for 5 year-olds for your kids to have fun with learning. Learning should be started as earliest as possible.
Teach kids about temperature as they perform easy science experiments with hot and cold water and the our free printable.
Take the kids to Japan on a virtual trip around the country. Particpate in Japanese crafts for kids and activities including a STEM earthquake project. Make your own sushi and more.
Learn about the 8 senses of the body that make up sensory processing, how they work, what they each do, and how the 8 senses relate to kids with sensory processing difficulties.
Proprioceptive input activities throughout the day improves sensory integration, self-regulation, and also prevents inappropriate sensory seeking behaviors.
Use this mega list of indoor activities for kids to entertain them while you work from home. Find out how to keep them busy with fun at home activities.
Our Archaeology Homeschool Unit Study started with reading a book scheduled in our Sonlight Instructor Guide, and evolved to include other activities. I guess you could say we dug in! We found more books at the library, earned a Junior Ranger badge, interviewed an Archaeologist, dug up our own excavation site and reassembled our broken artifacts.
Explore Earth Science with basic LEGO bricks! Build the layers of soil and learn about the different layers of soil!
Proprioception relates to how aware we are of what is happening outside the body (body awareness). Learn how to support your child's proprioception needs.
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Rubber band helicopters are easy and fun to make. Learn how you can make one a home, and learn tips to really make them fly!
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Fun and easy speech therapy activities to target the th sound. Your students will love this thrilling therapy theme!
Handwriting legibility and hand strength are closely tied. You might say they go hand-in-hand. (I had to go there!) This easy fine motor tong activity is designed to build some of the muscles needed for managing a pencil. The intrinsic muscles are the muscles in the hand that define the arches of the hands, bend the ... Read more
Learn about the 8 senses of the body that make up sensory processing, how they work, what they each do, and how the 8 senses relate to kids with sensory processing difficulties.
Proprioceptive input activities throughout the day improves sensory integration, self-regulation, and also prevents inappropriate sensory seeking behaviors.
There are a few wonderful things about this activity. First of all, it teaches left-to-right orientation, which is an important pre-reading skill.
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These touchy-feely sensory pouches (also known as squish bags and sensory pads) are a wonderful way to explore the senses. Filled with interesting textures, sensory pouches are stimulating to look at and touch. They are also so easy to make! Making sensory pouches is a quick and inexpensive way to make an engaging and relaxing sensory activity for people living with dementia.
Are you tired or redirecting your class and wasting precious time on behaviors in the classroom? This freebie will help!
Learn about the 8 senses of the body that make up sensory processing, how they work, what they each do, and how the 8 senses relate to kids with sensory processing difficulties.
HELP FOR THE HANDS: Fine Motor Activities - activities that help develop your child's pencil grip, handwriting skills build the small muscles in the hands.
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I've seen many teachers posting about what they've got from Vistaprint and thought it was good timing for a linky party! If you have never ...
Keeping kids active during certain times can be such a daunting task .
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This LEGO catapult is an amazing physics activity and kid's STEM activity. Design and build a LEGO catapult to launch marshmallows.
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