What are sensory diets? Who are they for and who should create one? Today we will answer the question “what is a sensory diet” as well as who can develop them, use them, and who a sensory diet might benefit. I recently attended three continuing education classes on sensory diets for my certification as an…
It’s the beginning of February here in Ohio, which means a lot of cold weather. If you’re stuck inside, you know how important getting active and moving is for our children. Today I want to share some of our favorite movement videos for early elementary students. My daughter is 8. She is always wanting to…
Help kids learn to recognize and write letters by giving them creative hands-on letter formation activities. Here are 11 fun, hands-on ideas! Why is letter formation important? Teaching correct letter formations from the beginning can have many positive benefits for children including improving visual-memory skills and letter recognition, motor planning for how to form the…
Transitions. Whew, these can be a struggle sometimes can’t they? You’ve asked your child to stop playing their game or you are getting back into school after a holiday break (hello January?!). Your child or student’s emotional response to these changes can be hard to handle. We are a homeschool family and this year was…
The gustatory system is the sensory system that processes food tastes and flavors. These are the best activities for the gustatory system. What is the Gustatory Sensory System? Gustatory is the scientific word for the sense of taste. The senses of taste come from your mouth, and the papillae of the tongue, and go to…
Hi there! I am so glad you came to my site from the Exceptional Parenting Podcast with Wendy Bertagnole. I really enjoyed chatting with Wendy and you all about the important topic of handwriting and fine motor skills. There really is SO much we could have gotten into but we would have been talking for…