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.
This article explains how to create a sensory diet and includes resources to make a sensory diet for kids to address sensory needs.
Discover over 45 vestibular activities that can calm, regulate, and improve attention in your child. Plus, get vestibular exercises for...
Use sensory seeking activities to calm and organize sensory seeking behaviors in your "wild" child or toddler that seems to never stop...
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.
Try this easy homemade colored cloud dough recipe with an ocean theme. We love simple and fun sensory play recipes for kids!
This 7 minute animal themed HIIT workout for kids improves emotional regulation and reduces meltdowns. Loved by OTs, teachers, and parents alike!
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
Want a fun sensory activity to do with your kids? Try edible dirt for sensory play! You probably have all these ingredients in your panty.
Learn how to make pretend snow with only 2 simple ingredients. The perfect winter sensory play idea.
Soapy sea foam sensory bin for kids. A fun and easy sensory activity for toddlers and preschoolers to try this summer.
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.
32 Sensory Play Activities For Kids With Autism. Sensory Play helps all children learn, but for kids on the autism spectrum, it can
This resource covers information on the proprioceptive sense and includes proprioception sensory activities for kids.
Take a brain break and work out the wiggles!
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.
Proprioceptive input activities throughout the day improves sensory integration, self-regulation, and also prevents inappropriate sensory seeking behaviors.
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.
Entertain your little ones for hours and help build cognitive skills with these sensory bins for toddlers, using dollar store supplies.
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!
Discover over 45 vestibular activities that can calm, regulate, and improve attention in your child. Plus, get vestibular exercises for...
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!
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.
This visual directory of non-food sensory bin ideas for preschoolers will help teachers plan the bin filler, accessories, and learning objectives.
Grab your FREE hair salon scissor skills printable to use with your preschool and kindergarten students! Use at home and at school!
Kids + paint = lots of fun. I always loved that my mom let me paint as a kid! Something about how it splatters! So today I thought I would show you some fun projects
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!
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!
Safe sensory materials for your sensory bin will set your kids up for successful play! Learn about why sensory bin beans are unsafe and alternative sensory bin fillers
Printable playdough mats are the perfect way to help inspire creativity with very little guidance. We have created 5 PRINTABLE playdough mats for parents.
Sensory food aversions, selective and picky eating from texture, flavor, smell, and appearance can be hard. Help kids overcome sensory issues with food with play, food activities, desensitization, and feeding therapy strategies from an occupational therapist. Food ideas for picky eaters, extreme picky eaters, kids with Autism, Sensory processing disorder (SPD), and neurodivergent;babies, toddlers, preschoolers, school aged kids, and even teens
Knowing if your child is having a sensory meltdown or a tantrum can help you understand how to help them using sensory activities. Learn sensory meltdown symptoms and how to help kids who are dysregulated and having a meltdown vs. a behavioral tantrum. Helpful for kids with Autism, SPD, and ADHD
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.
Make this super soft, no cook, cloud dough recipe! Only 2 ingredients - cornstarch and lotion. This homemade dough is really easy to make!
There are so many tools your kids can use for creative art projects. Here’s twenty five tools that will create some fantastic works of art!
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 […]
This how to make Easter Island Statues history craft tutorial is a great hands-on sensory activity for kids to enjoy and build their own replicate statues.
What are some simple preschool scissor skills activities you can try with kids?Scissor skills activities don't need to be complicated!
Over 80 amazing, simple proprioceptive activities for kids. Learn benefits of proprioceptive input to calm, focus, and alert.
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!
