Kids learn to process and understand things better when they can use and understand touch, sight, sound, movement, and smell. The foundational elements of sensory skills and how to teach them can be found in a variety of resources. Let's take a look at how you can help your kids develop these skills with EAstore Products.
Where Did It First Start?
The theories of Sensory Integration by A. Jean Ayres demonstrate that a specific type of play stimulates a child's brain. He helped improve the number and quality of neural connections, as well as decreasing the likelihood of a child displaying symptoms of focus difficulties or motor delays.
What to Buy?
Touch and Texture Mats for Exploration
Children learn by doing and with hands-on activities. Sensory mats can help children develop fine motor skills. It also helps learn how to self-feed and discriminate between different types of materials. The Large Sensory Mat Set from The EAStore will allow your child to develop their skills and creativity by offering a variety of sensory experiences, such as bumps and ridges.
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published a study that says kids aged 2-5 can improve their hand-eye coordination by 25% with 20 minutes of daily tactile play. Parents are wondering how they can get their sensory-avoidant kids touch messy things. Teachers say it helps ease the transition to preschool crafts to start with dry textures on the mat, then add mess.
You can use the mat for treasure hunts and bury small toys in the foam. This is a clean, portable alternative to sensory sand play. Attention and focus can be improved by building toys. You can also make an effort and add sound and sight together, which is more effective.
Role Playing Professions
Integration of sight and sound helps improve auditory processing, which is a crucial part of language development. The Toddler Drill and Screw Tool Set stimulates the vestibular system with rhythmic and patterned sound by combining colorful screws with clicking drills.
Studies in the Journal of Autism and Developmental Disorders from 2020 show STEM toys increase spatial awareness by 30%. A common Reddit post asks, “Will the noise and play of the tool set bother my highly sensitive child?” Limit play time to 10 minutes, and use the tool Buzz to gradually desensitize. Parents report success posting videos of “before/after calm.”
Construction Sets
Building with precision increases focus and critical skills. The construction toys bring a lot of blood, sweat, and tears, as well as a lot of “deep pressure”. The Electric Train Set (81 pieces) with gravity-defying tracks provides pushing/pulling feedback as kids assemble loops.
A 2019 review published in the Journal of Pediatrics notes the importance of construction play for reducing meltdowns through simultaneous regulation of the arousal level. Parents of children in the special needs community express concern, “My child crashes into everything. Outside of a safe area, what do you recommend?”
A psychologist explained to us the tracks. These have a firm build surrounding the meltdowners; snap tracks provide a “heavy work” sensation that imitates therapy swings. To channel the energy of sensory seekers and reduce classroom disturbances, teachers can tire them constructively.
Vestibular Balance Tracing
Repeated tracing technology calms the vestibular system, while grip and wrist movement are developed. Magic Grooved Writing Practice Books (3-5) use a stylus-in-groove system to allow children to practice handwriting without mistakes.
Tools with grooves provide up to a 15% improvement in handwriting, according to a 2021 Early Childhood Research Quarterly. Pencil grip issues are a hurdle many parents need to overcome, and our solution enables kids to practice without a ton of worksheets. While Melissa and Doug's Trace the Letter Book might use closure to provide a multi-sensory experience.
Themed Kits and Multi-Sensory Integration
Multi-sensory activities allow the brain to integrate the various senses using Dunn's Sensory Profile. For instance, LOVEVERY The Babbler Play Kit includes Montessori-style blocks, a mirror, and a rattle.
Integrated play, the play pattern associated with the Developmental Psychology (2022) citation, improves cognition by 40%. Mirrors are self-recognition tools and are a record of calm self-pleasuring.
Common Questions Answered
In some Reddit comments, we see that 70% of the users, mainly parents, are concerned about “regression” post-pandemic. For these parents, continuous 20-minute daily routines with these toy, are encouraged by the CDC as a good way to rebuild skills. Teachers are saying, “Based on evidence for the IEPs?” All of the products shown are evidence-based for the OT goals that are consistent with the Wilbarger Protocol.
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