Growing Hands-On Kids

Child development tips, tools, and strategies.

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Calm Down Toolkit For Kids

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All children can benefit from calm down strategies, whether they have sensory processing challenges or not. Today I have teamed up with Fun and Function to share this great calm down toolkit for kids. You can use it in your home, classroom, or clinic/school-based practice. It’s a great way to encourage independence in self-regulation for […]

Ideas for Dealing with Sensitivities with Sensory Processing Disorder

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I want to welcome and thank my mother-in-law, Debbie, a Certified Occupational Therapy Assistant, for all of her research and for sharing lots of great ideas on the topic of activities and ideas for dealing with sensitivities with Sensory Processing Disorder. Before we get started, if you have concerns that your child may have sensory […]

Sparkly Christmas 2-Ingredient Play Dough

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We love making homemade play dough at our house. There are so many great recipes out there, each with a varying list of ingredients and time involved. This sparkly Christmas 2-ingredient play dough is the easiest and softest homemade play dough recipe I have found. Sparkly Christmas 2-Ingredient Play Dough You will need: 1/2 cup […]

What is Interoception? The 8th Sensory System

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Until a couple of years ago, I had never heard about interoception. When I attended a continuing education class about behavior and sensory processing, interoception was mentioned. It intrigued me and I decided to research more. The problem is, not a lot of research has been done on interoception. So today I want to help answer […]

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