This moon sand recipe is SO EASY to make! With only two ingredients, you'll be playing with this soft and sensory sand within minutes.
Unlock the magic of DIY sensory bottles at Especially Education. Discover step-by-step guides and ideas to create your own captivating sensory bottle experiences.
Anya, the founder of Montessori From The Heart, is an educational coach, a blogger, an author, a digital creator, and an influencer.
If you are looking for fun and creative Fall sensory bins with your toddler or preschooler this Fall? Then this is the list for you!
Discover over 45 vestibular activities that can calm, regulate, and improve attention in your child. Plus, get vestibular exercises for...
This visual directory of non-food sensory bin ideas for preschoolers will help teachers plan the bin filler, accessories, and learning objectives.
Set up a simple washing farm animal sensory bin for your preschoolers. They'll love getting the dirty animals clean! So simple, but so fun!
Learn how to make pretend snow with only 2 simple ingredients. The perfect winter sensory play idea.
I know I am not alone when I say that I struggle to sit through staff meetings without doodling on my paper, shifting in my seat, getting up to use the bathroom and occasionally whispering with my teacher friend next to me. Now, these are every other week, and only for an hour. Every time I leave, I […]
101 sensory play activities for kids with autism to help strengthen the brain’s neural pathways by stimulating the 5 senses to facilitate learning!
Also find it on Amazon: Create a sensory room for kids with just a few taps. Our TAP-TAP Sensory Lights provide visual stimuli that will capture their attention and make any space more enjoyable. Swipe to turn on and swipe again to turn off - it's that easy! By incorporating these sensory lights into daily routines, therapists, parents, and educators can provide a valuable tool in the holistic development and well-being of kids. . Helps eye-hand coordination: Children under the spectrum often have sensory sensitivities and may engage in repetitive behaviors. Touching the lights and swiping to turn them on or off can help break the cycle of repetitive movements and encourage a wider range of motor skills. This promotes physical coordination and spatial awareness. Enhances Sensory Integration: For many children, managing emotions can be challenging. Touch lights offer a calming effect through their soft, adjustable lighting. The ability to dim or control the intensity of the lights can help create a soothing atmosphere, which aids in emotional regulation and relaxation. This can be particularly useful during transitions, bedtime routines, or times of heightened stress or anxiety. Improves self-regulation: This can lead to better self-regulation and overall sensory processing abilities. Facilitates Communication and Interaction: Sensory lights provide a shared experience that can facilitate communication and interaction among children and their peers, siblings, or caregivers. These Tap-Tap lights can act as a point of focus and mutual interest, allowing for joint attention and shared play experiences. This can contribute to the development of social skills, turn-taking, and joint activities. The touch-sensitive light is the perfect tool to use with your youngster, allowing you to create a calming and cozy atmosphere or a stimulating environment with just a few simple taps. It fosters curiosity and social interaction through tactile and optical play, making it an ideal choice for children on the autism spectrum. Sensory touch lights assist these children with sensory input, active engagement, a soothing effect, visual aid, and social connections, all tailored to their individual needs. These features contribute to their overall growth and peace of mind, providing a range of benefits from a calming glow to a playful companion, helping your child grow and develop in various ways. Installation Process: Our Tap-Tap Lights is a proud recipient of the Mom's Choice Award®, a distinguished honor recognizing family-friendly products of exceptional quality.
Anya, the founder of Montessori From The Heart, is an educational coach, a blogger, an author, a digital creator, and an influencer.
Do you love sensory play but worry about your baby eating your play medium? Here is a taste safe sensory play foam that is as much fun as it is safe!
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When something is off with the vestibular system it often presents itself as behavioral issues. These vestibular input activities support sensory needs and improves behavior
Sensory bags are a great way for little ones still in the mouthing stage to explore play materials. Today, I made a few Halloween s...
Proprioceptive input activities throughout the day improves sensory integration, self-regulation, and also prevents inappropriate sensory seeking behaviors.
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.
32 Sensory Play Activities For Kids With Autism. Sensory Play helps all children learn, but for kids on the autism spectrum, it can
12 CREATIVE SENSORY WALK ACTIVITIES FOR KIDS
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!
Relief Otter - A Worldwide Sensation! Immerse yourself in a world of tranquility with Relief Otter. Tailor your experience with a choice of charming tunes, authentic heartbeat, and gentle breath sounds that work harmoniously to sweep away stress. Beyond auditory relaxation, Relief Otter transforms your surroundings with ambient light, crafting a peaceful atmosphere wherever you go. Perfect for little ones too! This isn't just for adults – Relief Otter is the perfect pal for your little one too! Tailored for promoting amazing sleep, tranquility, and safe play for your toddler. Take your pick from a range of relaxing melodies or comforting sounds (including white noise, womb, snoring, or heartbeat sounds), adjust the volume, and customize the soft light and gentle breathing motion to create a calming environment that helps your baby sleep soundly. Versatile Stress Relief Whether you find yourself at home, in the workplace, or on the move, Relief Otter effortlessly aligns with your daily life, providing immediate stress relief whenever and wherever it's required. Elevate your nightly routine into a tranquil escapade with the calming attributes of My Breathing Buddy, gently leading you into a night of tranquil and restful sleep.
DIY Sensory Rooms: Have you ever thought about creating a sensory room or space for your child, but thought it would be too expensive or you would need to dedicate an entire room? We know that sensory rooms have a huge calming effect on our children, so, we challenged a couple of moms (and two behav
Explore four creative and fun transportation sensory bin ideas that you can use to keep toddlers and preschoolers engaged. Perfect for...
As soon as I started to plan out our Sensory Room, I knew I wanted to include a sensory wall. This DIY tactile sensory wall is just what I envisioned!
This Seasons and Weather Sensory Bottle set captures something unique about each season: spring rain, summer sky, autumn leaves, and winter snow.
Frozen ghosts sensory bin for kids. A fun and easy sensory activity for toddlers and preschoolers to play with this Halloween.
Our school has an Outdoor Learning Committee that I am a part of. We all feel very strongly that the environment where the children play outside is just as important as the environment inside our school. We have worked hard to make our playground an area where the kids can run, exercise explore and yes...learn! Outside play plays an important role in children's development! They are working gross motor muscles and getting must needed exercise. They learn how to solve problems such as when social disagreements arise. They learn empathy as they help friends who get hurt. They learn to take risks and see where their limits are and feel empowered as they take those risks and succeed. They create games and role play. They learn science concepts as they discover things in nature and learn to look closer and ask questions about what they see as they discover new things. They learn kindness as they try to save an insect in danger or nurture a plant. They are literally learning about life and life skills as they play outside, so we knew the environment needed to support that. We had an area that we were having some problems with in the middle of our asphalt area. We wanted to turn it into something all of the kids could explore and benefit from and decided to create a Barefoot Sensory Path. We came up with a design and my husband figured out how to make it so that it would be sturdy and last. Our amazing PTO gave us funds to purchase the materials and we had fun shopping at Lowes for items that would provide the sensory experiences we were hoping for. Our team came in on a Saturday and went to work. Our maintenance team had dug the area down four inches so that it would be even with the asphalt. We put down a layer of paver sand, and then the 4x4's. We glued some materials to 2x2 pieces of plywood. The sections were all 2x2. We filled the sections with paver base and tamped it solid. My son even came and helped! Here is the finished frame. Of course, we had to test it out! Here is the finished path!! We were so excited for the kids to try it! It was a huge success!! The kids absolutely loved walking on it with bare feet, crawling on it and feeling with their hands and even laying in it enjoying the warmth radiating from it from being in the sun. Another new area we created was an area to create roads, ramps, etc. using scrap wood, cars, signs and other loose parts. This lovely lady below had the vision for this area! We also added an area to really work those gross motor muscles. Mr. Doyle created a boundary to keep it all contained to one area. We filled it with stumps, logs, and large branches. The kids have created obstacle courses and love lifting these up to show how strong they are! They jump, balance and create here. They collaborate and problem solve. They use both critical and creative thinking skills. This is a great area to develop 21st Century Learning Skills as they play! For our nature lovers, we have an area with plants for them to explore and observe. Some are edible such as peppermint and fennel. We have cone flowers, milkweed, irises, sunflowers and more. This area is a great place to explore and observe insects also! Here are some other things on our playground where they can let lose and have fun! Our playground is still a work in progress! We have many more ideas that we want to implement some day! One step at a time!
Entertain your little ones for hours and help build cognitive skills with these sensory bins for toddlers, using dollar store supplies.
Emotions run HIGH in a sensory household. Long after the “terrible twos” and long before hitting the teen years, the drama is still intense. But why??? What is it about sensory processing disorder that causes big emotions, like anxiety or impulse control issues like rage? Every brain, in order to function properly needs sensory input. [...]
Have you made bubble foam yet? Turning it into bubble foam trucks is even better! This easy sensory bin from Busy Toddler is a must try.
Homemade cloud dough is sure to please and you only need 2 ingredients from the kitchen for this recipe. Enjoy hands-on sensory play!
A collection of FUN and mess free ways to incorporate sensory play at home and at school. Sensory bags are the way to go if looking for less mess sensory!
Add a sensory aspect to your science explorations! Let your kids learn about oil and water with this oil and water sensory bag for mess free science fun!
Sensory Activities for Sensory Seekers that are extremely easy to do with zero prep and usually zero equipment!
Do you wonder if your child has more sensory related difficulties that you aren't aware of? Don't miss these sensory red flags.
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.
DIY Kinetic Sand. Made with just 3 ingredients this homemade Kinetic Sand is perfect for playing with! Soft, stretchy and moldable, this homemade Kinetic Sand will bring hours of play time for the kids!