Pressure Vests Help Children Develop Body Awareness
When a person enters a Head Start or Early Start classroom where I work, they can sometimes see children wearing pressure vests and they...
Fine Motor Chalk Activity
One of my favorite things about my work of helping groups of teachers is learning about their favorite activities! This is an activity I lea
Toe Walking and Vestibular Development
Every time I am talking to a crowd and I ask if anyone knows a child that walks on their toes or toe walks, at least one person knows of...
Sensory Bag: what to put in one
I remember peeling a bowl of grapes, putting them in a covered box with a side hole in it and calling the grapes eyeballs for one of my...
Vestibular System and Child Development
Recently, I have been working with a boy in Early Start, who has Autism. I was called in to see how I could help him as he is just...
Teaching Writing Skills to Preschoolers
Children are so proud of themselves when they can write their name. It’s a big milestone. They have been writing their name in a certain...
Pressure Vests Increase Body Awareness
The other day I had a great experience with a little boy, who benefited from the use of a pressure vest to increase his proprioception...
Dressing Skills Enable Proprioception Development
For many of us, putting on socks in the morning is a common activity. We know exactly how to do it and it’s a common routine we perform...
Hitting: how the sensory system is involved
Often when I’m reading about children that hit and the sensory processing system, I read about how children are overstimulated and then...
Proprioception and Picky Eaters
I love to learn by observing children and seeing what they need. They are honest and true to who they are! Over the years, I have...