Sensory Activities

Reflex:
– rocking horse, walking, carry ball under chin
– giraffe stretch
– superman
– popcorn
– wall lean

Locomotor:
– dog walk
– bear walk
– nudge ball w/head using dog/bear walk
– lame dog walk, one arm or leg in air, hopping through hoops
– duck walk (user rocker in hands)
– hopscotch
– hop & stop, one foot, holding
– ladder crawl
– ladder & stair practice

Board work & pre-handwriting/fine motor:
– kneeling, draw half circle on floor
– rainbows back & forth
– tornado (spiral in and out, both directions)
– horizontal waves
– spider web grid
– tornado grid
– paint w/water
– butcher paper on table, walk around while writing
– write laying down
– use different tools (chalk, paints, pen, pencils, markers)
– roll clay & shape into letters
– salt box
– hole punch
– scissor skills

Tactile:
– ball pit, crawl & roll
– cocoon crawl (fabric tube)
– swim & dry across floor
– ball buddy roll/massage
– finger ball roll sitting up leg/torso, over head, switch hands, back down
– massage feet & hands

Vestibular:
– spinning board
– rolling arms over head across floor, in and out of blankets
– rock & row with stick, cross legged or legs extended or on yoga ball
– roll on belly on yoga ball, pick up items from box in front/to side
– sit on yoga ball and pick up balls from one side, drop into box on other side
– rock/spin inside large bowl
– pull self across floor using jump rope laying on belly on scooter, hold ball & scoot and drop into container

Proprioceptive:
– count jumps on trampoline
– read or recite alphabet while jumping
– jump rope or hoop, alternate feet, make path to follow
– skip & hop toy
– teeter board
– left/right hand tap onto sheets taped to wall on trampoline

Balance:
– balance beam forward & back, sideways, one foot
– balance beam dropping items into containers
– balance beam w/bags on head and shoulders & arms, elbows
– rope walk forward & back, sideways, one foot, hopping, etc
– half angel balance (arm & leg extended, rotate, hold)
– baton pass on beams passing each other
– hop inside circle 10x, hope forward, switch legs, continue to next hoop, hop

Motor Planning:
– box hopscotch to designate numbers/colors/letter boxes
– hula hoop
– step on dome cones
– kneel & pick up box w/elbows, rotate & set down
– angle hopscotch, must rotate feet to align with line on square
– team shapes using string/rope held
– monkey hop, squatting and hop side to side on squares

Eye, Hand & Foot Coordination:
– flip & catch ball into cup, remind to hold body still & move only arms
– launch board (board & bean bag)
– ball tap on string, dangle over head & lay on back
– ball tap standing, with stick to tap ball
– ball tap on back using feet
– ball tap standing, on teeter board
– hole punch
– wand catch, toss back and forth vertically to self

Ball Work:
– ball in lap, lift pelvis & rest on arms, roll ball to feet
– punch balloon, while walking
– dribble, both hands, while walking, to each side
– dribble with ball inside square while walking around square
– ball crawl, lay on and rotate down length of body and back up, kneel on ball w/hands resting on floor (legs pulled under self)
– bounce ball in hoops arranged in circle
– lay on ball and using feet roll ball up & down wall

Misc:
– silly olympics
– obstacle course
– yoga
– dance
– parachute

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