Spring is in the air, flowers are blooming, and beautiful winged butterflies are flitting about. Get your kids excited about the new season with a butterfly sensory bin and an optional follow up craft! Thank you Safari for sponsoring this post! They have generously offered my readers 20% off their entire store! Use this link […]
When Sensory Kids HATE the Outdoors
Wind… Wet grass… Wasps. Snow… Sunshine… Sweaters. These and so many other things can keep sensory kids from wanting to go outside. But the great outdoors is a treasure trove of beneficial sensory input that will actually help kids overcome their sensory aversions. How can you help a kid with SPD enjoy the outdoors, for […]
8 Ways for Sensory Seekers to Get Their Energy Out
Inside you’ll find: Sensory Activities for Sensory Seekers that are extremely easy to do with zero prep and usually zero equipment! Have you watched your child literally bounce off the walls before? You might have a sensory seeker on your hands! If your child is constantly moving, crashing, banging, and chomping, you know the frustration […]
Benefits of Weighted Blankets for Kids with Sensory Issues
Inside you’ll find: an answer to the question, What IS a Weighted Blanket? And What are the Incredible Benefits of Weighted Blankets for Kids with SPD or other sensory issues. We all have that one friend. You know, the one that just gives exceptional hugs. Those hugs are just the right firmness and radiate love […]
How to Make Nature Hikes Irresistible to Kids
Thoreau said it best when he declared, “All good things are wild and free.” Unfortunately, our lives are becoming more and more tame and controlled. As parents, we know the importance of kids (and ourselves) getting out into nature. Exercise, stress relief, vitamin D, imagination, sensory input, better moods and more are all solid reasons […]
Sensory Play with Sitting Spots
“How are you guys ever going to learn if you keep bouncing off the walls?” My nerves were fried but I knew there was more school to get done before we could call it a day. I also knew my kids have genuine sensory needs that need to be met… Scroll to the bottom for […]
Auditory Sensory Avoiders: Handling Public Bathrooms
Inside you’ll find: Ways to alleviate your child’s anxiety when it comes to public restrooms and their auditory defensiveness. Walking into a public bathroom with your child can seem like walking into a minefield if your child has sensory issues. Shockingly loud and unexpected noises await around every corner and the echo is disorienting. Learn […]
What to do DURING a Sensory Meltdown
Inside you’ll find: Practical techniques you can do WHILE your child is having a sensory meltdown from sensory overload. Sometimes you see it coming from a mile away. Other times it comes out of nowhere and knocks you off your feet. Regardless of how it comes, when your child has a sensory meltdown, it’s a […]
When Children Refuse to Do Sensory Activities
Inside you’ll find: Why kids might resist doing sensory activities and what you can do to make sensory input painless for you both. Don’t you hate it when you know what your child needs, what’s good for them, but they dig in their heels and refuse? It can be so disheartening to see a child, […]
Furniture that Doubles as Sensory Equipment
Sensory toys and equipment are fantastic ways to help kids get the sensory input they crave and help them overcome the sensations they fear. But if you’ve ever envied the sensory tools occupational therapists have at their disposal, you know that a lot of the sensory toys are EXPENSIVE and take up a ton of […]
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