Use sensory seeking activities to calm and organize sensory seeking behaviors in your "wild" child or toddler that seems to never stop...
These Sensory Diet Ideas for Sensory Seekers may be helpful if your child struggles with sensory processing disorder and needs extra sensory feedback. Work them in throughout the day to help the child regulate their
Discover over 45 vestibular activities that can calm, regulate, and improve attention in your child. Plus, get vestibular exercises for...
These 16 sensory room products can provide a multisensory experience while decreasing sensory processing and autism meltdowns.
My child needs sensory exercise every day. This list of sensory activities for all ages helps me provide the input he needs, easily and without too much thought! It started when my son’s occupational therapist handed me a worksheet describing a “Sensory Diet.” I went home in tears. I remember thinking as I sobbed in the...
Discover how to create a sensory self-soothing kit filled with items that cater to your sensory needs that help you to sensory regulate. Find inspiration, ideas for sensory tools, and step-by-step guidance to build a personalized sensory soothing toolkit for stress relief and to manage moments of se
Fact: My daughter(at the time 4years) has been diagnosed with SPD: Sensory Processing Disorder and NO it is not a death sentence :) Disorder? Sensory Processing? What is THAT? The best explanation I heard
Find out how to make your own stretchy sensory bands for fidgety kids. A great occupational therapy tool for proprioceptive input.
26 portable sensory processing disorder activities, toys, and products to support sensory sensitive kids at home, in therapy, at school, and beyond!
Over 35 heavy work activities for kids, toddlers, and preschoolers that are designed to help calm and improve attention. Many of these activities can be done through natural activities your child is already doing!
This DIY sensory tool is perfect for kids who are constantly jiggling their legs. You know the kiddo, it's like he has ants in his pants?
If your child has sensory issues and you are concerned that they might have autism, read on to learn how one can exist without the other.
When dealng with the impact of sensory processing disorder there are two main things to consider. Does your child seek or avoid sensory experiences?
When your child has sensory processing disorder, or just sensory issues, even homeschooling can be challenging. Here are some tools and tips to help.
What causes sensory toe walking in children and how do you address it? Learn about toe walking sensory strategies, how it relates to sensory processing disorder, and when to be concerned.
Proprioception activities such as heavy work have been shown to improve attention and concentration, improve body awareness, and regulate arousal levels. Heavy work can be calming for students with autism or sensory regulation difficulties. The activities on this poster are specifically designed so...
When your child has sensory processing disorder, or just sensory issues, even homeschooling can be challenging. Here are some tools and tips to help.
55 fun sensory room equipment tips and ideas to help you create an effective therapy gym for your child with sensory processing disoder and/or autism.
Researchers at UCSF have found that children with sensory processing disorders have decreased structural brain connections in specific sensory regions different than those in autism, further establishing SPD as a clinically important neurodevelopmental disorder.
Sensory Integration Strategies and Tips are useful for children with sensory processing disorder. Check out these strategies that can help kids cope with sensory processing disorder.
If you're looking for interoception activities for kids to improve internal body awareness and self-regulation, these ideas will inspire you!
Formally known as sensory integration dysfunction, sensory processing disorder (SPD) is a neurological condition in which the brain has difficulty receiving and responding to sensory information (e.g., smell, touch, taste, etc.) that an individual perceives, thus, resulting in atypical responses. Individuals with SPD can be hypersensitive (over responsive) and or hyposensitive (under responsive) to things in their environment. For example, some sounds may be painful or overwhelming to a child, b
Joint compressions are a free and powerful sensory tool to use to help kids calm down and follow directions! Learn how to do them the right way and when you shouldn’t use them as a sensory activity… this … It’s definitely not common knowledge. It even sounds a little weird. Yet, this special sensory […]
(Free PDF) 40+ SENSORY ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS. Vision, smell, touch, taste, hearing, proprioception and vestibular inputs. All ages (toddlers, school-age children and children with autism).
One educator turned stay at home mom attempts to explain Sensory Processing: Proprioceptive Input and its importance for growth and development in kids.
Also known as ‘brain breaks’ & ‘movement breaks’, these sensory break activities develop gross motor skills, improve self-regulation & help with behavior management in the classroom while also helping kids focus & learn!
One educator turned stay at home mom attempts to explain Sensory Processing: The Auditory System and its importance for growth and development in kids.
Over 80 amazing, simple proprioceptive activities for kids. Learn benefits of proprioceptive input to calm, focus, and alert.
55 fun sensory room equipment tips and ideas to help you create an effective therapy gym for your child with sensory processing disoder and/or autism.
Auditory processing is an important sense for learning and direction following. Learn why some kids yell, scream, and make loud noises, or are afraid of certain sounds, and how to help an auditory sensory seeker with auditory sensory activities.
This is the ultimate list of sensory diet activities for kids. Many ideas can be done with common household items and are easy to use!
Finally understand why your child has trouble with appetite, eating too much, toileting, or big emotions. It's all related to interoception...
Auditory sensory activities are perfect for helping kids overcome auditory processing disorders, auditory seeking and auditory sensitivities. Try these 10 activities to help with auditory sensory processing.
Over 80 amazing, simple proprioceptive activities for kids. Learn benefits of proprioceptive input to calm, focus, and alert.
What is sensory integration therapy? Does your child need it? Learn how to get help for sensory issues and sensory processing disorder...
As the mom of two sensory kids, I've seen my fair share of sensory toys. Some worked. Some didn't. And sometimes it just depends on the kid.
This is a list of sensory motor activities that can be done during a sensory break. These activities have been shown to improve attention and concentration, improve body awareness, and regulate arousal levels during a sensory break, so that students can return to class ready to learn. These activiti...
There are many sensory play activities that can promote listening and early literacy skills for any child including those with an auditory processing disorder.
What to add to your child's sensory room for the greatest success.
One of our favorite tools for sensory processing therapy at home is our exercise ball. Discover these simple activities and their many benefits!
Proprioceptive input activities throughout the day improves sensory integration, self-regulation, and also prevents inappropriate sensory seeking behaviors.
Learn what a sensory diet is, how it can benefit your child's learning, focus, behavior, and emotional regulation, and discover which activities should be part of your child’s individual sensory diet.
If you're looking for interoception activities for kids to improve internal body awareness and self-regulation, these ideas will inspire you!
If your child has autism and/or sensory processing disorder, we’ve got 16 simple to set-up oral motor activities for kids to help with a variety of challenges like picky eating and inappropriate chewing, sucking & biting.
26 portable sensory processing disorder activities, toys, and products to support sensory sensitive kids at home, in therapy, at school, and beyond!
55 fun sensory room equipment tips and ideas to help you create an effective therapy gym for your child with sensory processing disoder and/or autism.
Over 80 amazing, simple proprioceptive activities for kids. Learn benefits of proprioceptive input to calm, focus, and alert.
Over 35 heavy work activities for kids, toddlers, and preschoolers that are designed to help calm and improve attention. Many of these activities can be done through natural activities your child is already doing!
