5 At-Home Activities To Develop Hand Muscles for Writing Kids who have sensory issues typically struggle with hand writing. Holding a pencil or crayon is difficult for many reasons. Some
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Top On-The-Go Activities To Keep Kids Busy Going to a restaurant can be something parents look forward to. Not having to cook that night. No dishes to clean. No floors
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Best Formal Clothes For Sensory Sensitive Kids This time of year can cause severe anxieties for kiddos with sensitive skin issues. Halloween costumes, wearing different clothes for school events, and
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Sensory Kids Struggling With Socks? Socks. Most of the time kids have to wear them. Oh, but what a struggle this can be for some kiddos. The texture, the tightness,
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Sensory Processing Disorder and Halloween Costumes Halloween can be a time of intense anxiety for kids with sensory issues. I’m not even going to get into the pressures of eating
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Sensory Processing Disorder and Reading Difficulties Some children with SPD may also struggle with reading. This can be due to the muscles in their eyes being weak causing misalignment, convergence
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Weighted Lap Pads And Shoulder Wraps Not all kids like the full body deep pressure of a weighted blanket. But kids may still want that deep pressure feel in certain
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Little Castle Bounce House My kiddos LOOOOVE to jump, and having a safe space, but also providing that pounding feeling their bodies are craving is difficult. Years ago I purchased
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Body Regulation Activities for Kids “What are these sensations going on inside my body!” This is the interoception system. Sensations such as hunger, thirst, heart and breathing rate, body temperature,
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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
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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
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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
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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,
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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
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