SENSORY ACTIVITIES

Sensory play includes any activity that stimulates your student’s senses: touch, smell, taste, movement, balance, sight, and hearing. Sensory activities facilitate exploration and naturally encourage individuals to use scientific processes while they create, play, investigate, and explore. When your student is exploring make sure to provide them with describing words for the materials. For example, "wow this is really cold", "this is really squishy". I know that our students have some impairments that make some activities more difficult, we always try to include the student in the activity as much as capable. Most importantly, have fun!

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Here are some links sent to us from the OT department:

YouTube video OT desensitization techniques to tolerate wearing a mask

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=t94Q2FH5h9w&feature=youtu.be

"What's in the Box" Motor Time

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=k2zEnYrjqi0&feature=youtu.be

Learn As Gohttps://m.facebook.com/LEARNasuPLAY/video_grid/?playlist_id=285137702471648

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Sensory Videos

Below I will provide a link to some great songs and bright visuals that are designed for people with Cortical visual impairments (CVI) but can also be great for any of our students. You also can find a bunch of other great videos like these if you type in "CVI videos" on youtube.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lgQ10jfgJUE

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Little Blue and Little Yellow

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mxN8-rWdn88

This story is about what happens when blue and yellow combine. I will also link a blog post that talks about teaching this subject as well as provides a recipe to make playdoh with your child so you can act out what happens when you mix the two.

https://buggyandbuddy.com/fun-with-little-blue-and-little-yellow-by-leo-lionni-and-a-free-printable/?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=566647412_20875012_134452

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SENSORY ITEM EXAMPLES

https://supportsforspecialstudents.blogspot.com/2019/09/sensory-bins-on-budget-dollar-store.html

The link provides items you may find at a dollar store to aid in sensory exploration. Some of these items you may already have laying around your house.

EXAMPLES OF SENSORY ACTIVITIES

https://www.thespeechbubbleslp.com/2015/06/no-food-no-problem.html?utm_medium=social&utm_source=pinterest&utm_campaign=tailwind_tribes&utm_content=tribes&utm_term=795436438_32761242_179486

This site provides recipes for making your own slime, playdough, volcano's, milk painting, and more. It also provides way to incorporate speech into your activity.