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Proprioception Sensory Marshmallow Dough
Play dough with kids can be a sensory experience. Or, it can be a VERY sensory experience. This Marshmallow Fondant dough is one of those VERY sensory dough play experiences. If you’re looking for a way to incorporate proprioception into play for its’ calming, relaxing, and heavy work to stimulate joint receptors and awareness…
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Cookie Decorating Party and Nutter Butter Cookie Dip Recipe
This shop has been compensated by Collective Bias, Inc. and its advertiser. All opinions are mine alone. #GiftDeliciously #CollectiveBias Are you planning a holiday get-together with family or friends this Christmas season? Maybe a December play date with kids? This Cookie Decorating party was pretty much the best thing my kids have had the chance to…
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Card Making Party and Cute Christmas Cards
My kids love to make crafts. My oldest will spend her days off from school asking to make crafts together, and I love the time we spend together. There is something about sitting together, snipping paper, and creating as we chat and snack, that builds memories. And when we craft together, we love to have a little…
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Away In A Manger Christmas Carol Sensory Bin (with Egg Cartons!)
This time of year, we love our Christmas carols. (Actually, we seem to sing them year-round. During the Christmas season, though, they are on re-play!) We joined bloggers from all over in creating a sensory bin based on Christmas carols. You can see all of the bloggers and their Christmas carol-related sensory bins here. This…
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Explore Christmas Carols Through Sensory Bins
I am so excited to share a collection of Christmas activities with you today! If your kids are like mine, we are Christmas Carol maniacs. We love to have them playing at all times from the day after Thanksgiving through New Years. (And belt them out in the car!) Tomorrow, I’m hosting a few…
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Fingerprint Christmas Tree Ornament Based on ee cummings’ Book Little Tree
You know we are big on sneaking in the fine motor skill development around here, right? We are also a bit of book fans, so when we decided to make a book-inspired Christmas tree ornament, we went with the book, “little tree” by e.e. cummings and made a little fingerprint Christmas tree. Check out…
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Llama Llama Red Pajama Proprioception Sensory Activity
Use these proprioception heavy work activities for calming sensory integration Try these Proprioception activities for sensory integration and calming heavy work input based on the book, Llama Llama Red Pajama with your little llamas!Did you ever read Llama Llama Red Pajama and think, “That Mama Llama. Oh, I FEEL for that mama!” She just wants to…
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Develop Fine Motor Skills with a Homemade Christmas Card!
This fine motor Christmas card is a great activity for therapy sessions during the holidays. Use this holiday fine motor task to build hand strength, coordination, and dexterity skills. Here’s the thing: Kids love to create gifts they can give to family and friends. One easy way to get the kids involved in holiday gifting…
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Christmas Tree Scissor Skills Craft
If you need a preschool scissor skills activity, then this Christmas cutting craft is for you. Based on the beginning scissor skills of cutting through a page, the Christmas tree cutting activity helps young learners to hold scissors perpendicularly on the page while cutting through the paper (and not tearing the paper!) It’s a fun…
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After School Brain Breaks Activities and Snacks
After a long day of school, kids come home and are exhausted! They’ve just plowed through 8 hours of schedules, sitting, chatter, and brain overload. Then, we pull them from the bus and pile a stack of homework in front of them! Brain Breaks make a great movement activity that can help kids transition between…
