Aktivnosti prema osjetilima

These are some of the things you can do with your child to bring his/her proprioceptive system closer to the regulated state:

• utilize your home:
  • lay mats of different thickness and softness onto the floor (information coming from the joints)
  • put some mats or safety sponges onto the walls (for children who like to run and bounce themselves off of the walls)
  • have Pilates kind of balls in the space (child can roll on the ball on their stomachs or you can lightly massage them with the ball on their backs or squeeze them in between two balls, or have them jump on the Pilates ball while catching some other small objects)
  • big cushions (take a duvet cover and fill it up with pillows, Styrofoam or small soft balls and have your child jump on it, cross over it, crawl on it, lay down on it etc.)
  • fill up the crib with small plastic balls to make a ball pit.
• have fun out in the streets:
  • pass each other a ball, small stone, pine cone
  • pick up pine cones or stones into buckets of different size (thus different weight)
  • try walking and running with small weights around the ankles
  • walk around in a vest with some weight in it
  • walk in deep snow, through puddles of water, in high grass, in mud, different surfaces
  • walk up or down the steep streets
• other creative activities:
  • make a dough out of water and flour. Some can be smooth and soft and some you can make rough by adding some seeds and some you can make a little dry. Ask your child or show them to pull a little bit of dough with their fingers, make a small ball and paste the ball onto a piece of paper. For older children, you can make a line or a shape on that piece of paper and they should paste the dough balls onto the lines. This is also great for tactile regulation
  • jump on the trampoline in a rhythm