Comments on: Furniture that Doubles as Sensory Equipment

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 21:38:07 +0000

In reply to Anna. What a great idea! Yes, that all over touch is awesome from proprioception!

By: Julie

Julie — Fri, 07 Apr 2023 21:35:18 +0000

In reply to ApartmentLiving. Love that you're seeing your living space with new eyes! Maybe your neighbors would be ok with "loud" hours if they know ahead of time?

By: ApartmentLiving

ApartmentLiving — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:55:28 +0000

I read this and realized these are all the things my children seek out and try to do themselves on a regular basis! Spinning on my office chair, climbing the steps, jumping off the bottom, pillow fights, spinning in place, jumping on our big bed…However, I also realized I stop them from doing most of these things because we live in an upstairs apartment and we are constantly telling them to quiet down 🙁 We can’t jump on the floor due to the people below us and we can’t be too loud. I’m going to have to try harder to allow them to do some of these things quietly!

By: Anna

Anna — Thu, 06 Apr 2023 12:17:47 +0000

A toddler or a doggie pool filled with stuffed animals or just a big box filled with stuffed animals is something our daughter like to sit in for proprioceptive input. She asks for animals to be piled on top of her and then we turn the box over so that she can fall out of it.

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By: When Children Refuse to Do Sensory Activities

When Children Refuse to Do Sensory Activities — Thu, 28 Feb 2019 20:27:52 +0000

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By: Meredith

Meredith — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 15:26:32 +0000

These are all great suggestions and many we are already doing in our home with our two little girls age 2 and 4. We actually made a crash pad with a $5 used duvet cover (that we washed – obviously ;-)) and old couch cushions that my husband lovingly sawed into small squares…but so far the couch seems to be the natural go-to for jumping and crashing. We started doing this thing we call “Boops”, where mama lays on the couch (bonus for mama) and the girls stand in front of my knees and I “Boop” them – touch my big toe to their belly button, say “Boop!” and they fall backwards into a pile of pillows and blankets. Have them turn around and give their bottom a boop and they fall forward into pillows. They LOVE LOVE LOVE it and it usually turns into tickling and pillow fights. We do it almost religiously every night before bed. So yes, sometimes the best tools are run of the mill household items. Granted, it can make us parents a little crazy knowing the freshly washed blankets and pillows are being used on the dirty floor or dragged across the kitchen floor or entry floor… but then again we can wash them…again… 🙂

By: Full Spectrum Mama

Full Spectrum Mama — Thu, 14 Feb 2019 14:54:57 +0000

“if you don’t have room for a gym and haven’t won the lottery recently”

HAHAAAAAAAAA — EXACTLY!!!!

Love this post — so sensible, practical, wise, fun!

Thanks and love,
Full Spectrum Mama