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      • How to Install a Swing at Home
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      • Oral Sensory Tools and Ideas
      • Bubble Mountain
    • Joint Traction and Compression
    • Sensory Retreats
    • The Power of Movement (Vestibular Input)
    • The Incredible Benefits of Jumping and Bouncing
    • Tools for Defensiveness
    • Fidget Tools and Fine Motor Development
    • Tactile Play and Activities
    • Portable Sensory Tool Bag
    • Tummy Time for Everyone!
    • Sensory Benefits of Crawling
    • Inverting the Head
    • Homework Success!
    • Get Outdoors!
    • Sensory Benefits of Sports
    • Magnesium and Sleep
    • Grounding and Earthing
    • Limiting Screen Time
    • Sensory How-To Videos
    • Sensory on a Budget! >
      • Homemade Cuddle Swing
      • Homemade Resistance Tunnel
      • Hula Hoop Tent
      • Homemade Trapeze
      • Sensory Uses for a Box!
      • Homemade Platform Swing
      • Weighted Blanket Made with Bathmats
  • Yogapeutics!

Sensory How-To Videos! 

Try This Fun and Creative Activity to Provide Calming and Regulating
 Proprioception and Deep Pressure Touch!

Sensory Home Program Ideas for a BOSU Ball and Much More!

The BOSU ball is a tool I recommend many times in Understanding Your Child's Sensory Signals.  It is an excellent versatile tool for vestibular and proprioceptive activities at home and in the classroom.  Enjoy this how-to video with all sorts of fun ideas for using the BOSU..including jumping, balancing, huge leaps in prone extension and full flexion, to visual motor work using weighted medicine balls!  

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Deep Pressure Touch

Thank you to Laurie with The Lotus Tree Sensory Integration Center for helping me out in this instructional video!   

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Using a Therapy Ball at Home or in the Classroom

Thank you Laurie, at The Lotus Tree Sensory Integration Center for your help!

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Sensory in the Classroom!  

Thank you Ms. Sue and your adorable Super Wise Dragonflies for producing this wonderful instructional video! You are an inspiration to so many teachers and parents. For our viewers: Please be sure to watch the entire video, these kids are just too cute not to watch it until the end!
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Bubble Mountain 

In the clinic, at school, or at home...excellent for self-regulation, proprioception, & oral sensory needs.  Also a great way to work on oral motor skills! Just a few basic supplies needed.


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Trapeze and BOSU Ideas!

Inverting the head is so beneficial for the brain! It can be calming or alerting, depending on the state of the nervous system. 

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Superman Swing! 

Such an awesome tool for working on prone extension! Easy to make at home as well!


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Using a Trapeze as Part of a Sensory Home Program

An excellent tool for vestibular and proprioceptive input! All sorts of creative options for working on motor planning, full body flexion, and providing joint compression and joint traction. 
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Cuddle Swing

This video helps explain how to stimulate the different vestibules as well as all sorts of ideas for using the cuddle swing as part of your sensory diet! 
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Deep Pressure Touch Using a Weighted Ball or Air Filled Ball

This technique can be done using a weighted ball or any type of air filled soft or textured ball. 

Tic Tac Toe for Oral Motor Development and Self-Regulation

Try this fun and simple oral motor activity at home or in the classroom! 
  • Home
    • Understanding Your Child's Sensory Signals
    • Understanding Your BABY's Sensory Signals
  • FREE Handouts!
  • Sensory Topics of Interest!
    • Beginning the Sensory Journey
    • Sensory Definitions >
      • Sensory Modulation
      • Sensory Anchors
      • Sensory Overload
      • Fight or Flight
      • Self-Regulation
      • The Power Sensations...Your Sensory Foundation
    • Sensory Meltdowns
    • The Gifted and Sensory Connection
    • The Effects of Spinning
    • The Power of Smell
    • The Bathroom and Potty Training Blues
    • To Brush or Not to Brush
    • Feeding Challenges
    • Sensory Side Effects
    • Sleep Challenges
    • Social & Emotional Factors
    • The Sensory and Autism Link
    • Eye Contact is WAY Overrated
    • Sensory Prepared for School! >
      • Back to School Sensory Tools
    • Family and Social Gatherings
    • S.E.N.S.E.
  • Living a Sensory Life!
    • Sensory in the Home >
      • How to Install a Swing at Home
    • The Easy Sensory Diet
    • Sensory Tips Planning Guide
    • Oral Sensory Needs and Preferences >
      • Oral Sensory Tools and Ideas
      • Bubble Mountain
    • Joint Traction and Compression
    • Sensory Retreats
    • The Power of Movement (Vestibular Input)
    • The Incredible Benefits of Jumping and Bouncing
    • Tools for Defensiveness
    • Fidget Tools and Fine Motor Development
    • Tactile Play and Activities
    • Portable Sensory Tool Bag
    • Tummy Time for Everyone!
    • Sensory Benefits of Crawling
    • Inverting the Head
    • Homework Success!
    • Get Outdoors!
    • Sensory Benefits of Sports
    • Magnesium and Sleep
    • Grounding and Earthing
    • Limiting Screen Time
    • Sensory How-To Videos
    • Sensory on a Budget! >
      • Homemade Cuddle Swing
      • Homemade Resistance Tunnel
      • Hula Hoop Tent
      • Homemade Trapeze
      • Sensory Uses for a Box!
      • Homemade Platform Swing
      • Weighted Blanket Made with Bathmats
  • Yogapeutics!