Top 6 proprioceptive activities for kids with sensory processing disorder

Best Muscle and Joint Sensory Activities The proprioceptive system involves the input to muscles and joints. Kids who need more input to feel calm or know where their bodies are

5 Best Vestibular Sensory Integration Activities

Vestibular System Activities Kids who seek activities that spin or bounce are usually trying to stimulate their vestibular system, or their inner ear. The inner ear helps with balance and

Top 6 ways to decrease tactile defensiveness in children with sensory processing disorder

Ways To Decrease Everyday Stimuli 1. Weighted Blanket Light touches can really bother most children with sensory processing disorder. It can feel ticklish, itchy, scratchy, hurtful, or even painful. Deep

Stuffed animals taking over your house?

Create A Zoo With Plastic Crates Stuffed animals running around your house? Try this easy way to create a “Zoo” to corral those animals into their own home. These interlocking

Kids love stickers?

Paint By Sticker Books I don’t know about your kids, but my kids LOOOOOOVE stickers!! Stickers scare me though…I’m always worried about finding them stuck to the hard wood floors,

Zippy works at a grocery store

Zippy goes to school

Zippy gets a home

Kids like sensory bins?

Plastic Containers Provide Calming Activities Since my kids have started Occupational Therapy to help with their sensory issues, they love sensory bins.  I always knew about them as a Special

Struggling to display kids artwork?

Re-purpose Old Picture Frames to Display Artwork I’ve used various means to display the kids artwork through the years, and I finally feel like I have created something that is

Do your kids love maps?

Peel and Stick World Map Now that my three kids are a bit older, they are more curious about the world.  My husband is a history teacher and has always

Crayons, markers, and colored pens need to be organized?

Metal Buckets, Magnets, and Galvanized Sheet Metal for Organization Now that my kids are old enough that they aren’t drawing on the walls, windows, floor….wherever they want, I am able

Sensory kids like to rock, swing, and spin?

Hanging Tent Swing When Whitney started OT, the first thing her teacher figured out that helped calm her down was spinning.  A word of caution here…spinning does not work for

Picky Eater?

Weekly Kitchen Menu For Kids My middle child is such a picky eater, which I have a difficult time relating too.  I will eat anything….like…anything.   Ok,… maybe not lima beans…but,

Reward incentives overwhelming to keep track of?

Magnetic Reward Behavior Chart My daughter recently started karate and had to do chores at home. She was so excited to stay on top of things, but kept bugging me

Messy kids during craft time?

MessMatz Art and Craft Activity Table Protector Mat Kids require artsy ways to express themselves, experience the world of sensory activities, practice being creative….but let’s be real.  It can be