https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet This is a list of awesome activities that will help students who have sensory-motor issues get back in "the zone"! en-us 2019-03-12 23:27:11 UTC 2019-03-13 13:58:02 UTC hello@padlet.com mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340663037 Fill a container such as a small tub with rice (beans or beads work too!), and provide scoops, measuring cups, etc. for the students to scoop and play in!]]> 2019-03-12 23:37:35 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340663037 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340663371 Have a touch and feel book where the child can feel different textures. If you can't find one you like, make your own or have the student make it! Use different textures such as sandpaper, puff paint, uncooked noodles, and paper plates to create soft, smooth, rough, bumpy, and hard textures]]> 2019-03-12 23:39:46 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340663371 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340664414 Have a student struggling with balance? Here's a cost effective way to help them work on it! Just decorate a wooden board at least 3/4 in. thick. Then, set it on top of a PVC pipe that's an inch and a half in diameter. The student can rock back and forth on the board and work on their balancing skills!]]> 2019-03-12 23:45:58 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340664414 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340832645 Help your students with their proprioceptive and vestibular senses by having the child walk like different animals. Walks such as the crab walk, the bear walk, frog jumps, donkey kicks, and the turtle crawl can all help your child build their skills!]]> 2019-03-13 12:42:11 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340832645 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340833896 Have two of your students partner up together for this activity! Tell them to face each other and take turns being the leader. The leader will make movements and the other person will copy the leaders movements as best as possible, sort of like a mirror!]]> 2019-03-13 12:44:24 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340833896 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340834898 Help your students with oral sense issues by doing what kids like anyway- making noises! Have the students make noises with their mouths. These noises can be buzzing like a bee, clicking their tongue, loud kissing noises, blow up their cheeks and "pop" them, and making noises like "ahhhh' and "mmmmmm". You can also have them stick their tongue out as far as possible or have a silly face contest!]]> 2019-03-13 12:46:27 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340834898 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340837343 This one can easily be a game! Just have your student put on a blindfold. If they don't like a blindfold, just have them close their eyes and keep them shut. Then, put some scented oils on different cotton balls, and have them guess the scent! Otherwise, they can simply just put the oil on the cotton ball and smell the oil without being blindfolded, if necessary. ]]> 2019-03-13 12:51:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340837343 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340839738 It's sort of like follow the leader, but different! In this activity, a leader is appointed to give good directions while someone else puts on a blindfold. Then, the leader calls out directions (like "two steps to your right") to the blindfolded person to help them navigate to a certain place such as a classroom door or a specific object. Be sure to make the environment as safe as possible for the blindfolded person to navigate without getting hurt!]]> 2019-03-13 12:55:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340839738 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340856576 Allow students to play with kinetic sand to stimulate both their visual and tactile senses. It's even fun for adults!]]> 2019-03-13 13:27:09 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340856576 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340857611 Help students with their proprioceptive sense by hosting a Wheelbarrow Walk race! Have one student be the wheelbarrow and another to "push" the wheelbarrow. The wheelbarrow student gets on their hands and knees, and the other person holds the student by their feet. Then, the student holding the feet walks while the other students walks on their hands]]> 2019-03-13 13:28:57 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340857611 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340860123 Students with vestibular and proprioceptive sensory-motor issues can jump on a trampoline to help improve their skills. This can be a fun reward for a break-time or somethings a student on a token system can work for!]]> 2019-03-13 13:33:42 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340860123 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340861290 A fun activity for students with visual sensory issues is a dot-to-dot! This is fun and can really help the student with their tracking skills!]]> 2019-03-13 13:35:56 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340861290 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340862260 Allowing a student some time to listen to music can help improve their auditory sense! Music has so many benefits for people and can improve their moods and help with their auditory senses. Turn it into a dance party to include their proprioceptive and vestibular senses!]]> 2019-03-13 13:37:37 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340862260 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340863704 Seems almost too obvious... But allowing a student to have oral chews can help the child with their oral senses!]]> 2019-03-13 13:40:14 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340863704 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340864485 Allowing students to swing or helping them swing can improve their proprioceptive and vestibular senses! The movement through the air can help them determine where they are in space while also activating their balancing senses.]]> 2019-03-13 13:41:34 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340864485 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340866280 All you need to do is spin! Provide something that spins such as a sit-n-spin or an office chair, and have the students spin around! This will get the fluid in their ears spinning and cause them to be dizzy, in turn helping their vestibular senses!]]> 2019-03-13 13:44:39 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340866280 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340867357 The benefits of a short hike outside are so numerous! Not only can students learn about nature, but they also can help their senses! Walking around listening to the sounds of nature can stimulate the students' auditory senses. The smells of nature can also stimulate the smelling senses of the students as well!]]> 2019-03-13 13:46:32 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340867357 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340868903 Providing psychedelic or abstract images can help stimulate the students' visual senses. The different patterns and colors will provide tons of visual input for the student!]]> 2019-03-13 13:49:20 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340868903 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340870900 Allow students with smelling sensory issues to sit in a room with an oil diffuser. Different oils can stimulate different feelings in the student such as lavender to relax or peppermint to be stimulated! You can also have the diffuser running during class time!]]> 2019-03-13 13:52:33 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340870900 mbrown542 https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340872830 Everyone likes food, but some people don't like certain foods. Especially those with oral sense issues. However, you can help teach students to cook (a great life skill) and help them with their oral senses by eating the food afterwards! Tasting during the cooking process and being involved in the cooking can help the student see how all the tastes and textures come together to make a certain food or meal. This can encourage them to try new foods]]> 2019-03-13 13:55:38 UTC https://padlet.com/mbrown542/sensory_motor_diet/wish/340872830