The Game Plan: Strengthening Sensory Skills Because the best results happen when therapy is fun! Playing to their strengths Why is play important? Play is how children experience and learn about the world around them. When they play, they ar..

THE PRACTICAL BACKPACK Strategies and tips for situations and behaviors Touching, looking and mouth activities for changing alertness states Touching activities Putting hands into a container of beans, rice or sand and sifting contents ..

THE PRACTICAL BACKPACK Strategies and tips for situations and behaviors Welcome to this new blog feature! Up until now, as you know, Ive been discussing sensory processing issues in detail, sharing information and advice to help you help your..

Focus on fun When your child is ready for calmer activities, suggest playing a reasoning game (that improves focus and concentration), such as: I spy “I spy” is a guessing game where the players take turns being the Spy, or &ldqu..

Fun Indoor Sensory Activities Put on your game face Have fun, be silly, expend excess energy in a positive way. Also improve gross motor skills and hand-eye coordination – A win-win situation! Here are some ideas for fun at-home games. ..

Fun Indoor Sensory Activities Cutting corners — and other shapes too: crafts that utilize scissor skills Here are ideas for some classic projects that put your child’s growing familiarity with scissor skills to good use: Drinki..

Fun Indoor Sensory Activities A cut above The cutting process itself is highly satisfying for children, and once they can manipulate scissors, it opens up so many different projects they can have a good time doing. It’s also a super sen..

Fun Indoor Sensory Activities All hands on deck for hands-on fun Wet, squishy, colorful sensory activities increase your child’s tactile awareness/processing — and are endlessly entertaining, with all that mixing, swirling and squis..

Creating found art and recycled art Found art is art made with ordinary objects, and recycled art is art made out of discarded materials and trash. Found art challenges the concept of what constitutes art; recycled art is about repurposing and reu..

Inside is the new outside Even as quarantine restrictions lift, there are still going to be times when it’s not practical to be out and about. Too many people. Too many raindrops. Too much sun. Too much humidity. Too much…everything. ..