Sensory Daily Free Fun Activities

What to do: Go outside, collect leaves, rocks, sticks, flowers bugs, etc. 

How it helps: tactile exploration, mindfulness, grounding, vocabulary 

Sample lesson: Bring a shoe box and Look for one thing for every color of the rainbow. Discuss your findings, their characteristics and connection to nature. 

What to do: Collect a number of natural items that smell like a flower, zest of a lemon, soap, or chocolate. Blind fold the child and have them guess the smell.

How it helps: olfactory stimulation and memory skills

Sample lesson: "Close your eyes, use your nose, breathe in, what do you smell?" 

What to do: gather home items like pasta, beans, socks or small towels and model sorting (your child will most likely join in naturally).

How it helps: Visual discrimination, categorization, calming repetition, fine motor skills

Sample lesson: "let's sort the crayons into the correct color bin!"

What to do: Use painters tape on the floor inside or outside and create zig zags, circles, steps and whatever else you can think of.

How it helps: Gross motor skills, vestibular and proprioceptive input.

Sample lesson: Create an "underwater ocean walk" or "bug hop" with different color tape like blue for water and green for grass and steppingstones.

What do to: provide child with bubble wrap and model popping or model ripping cardboard boxes for recycling.

How it helps: tactile input, creativity, sound stimulation, calming play

Sample lesson: "Let's pop all the little bubbles together!"

What to do: Find a safe spot on the pavement on a day it is not too hot. Bring chalk and any favorite toys.

How it helps: Visual tracking, creative interpretation, imagination, fine motor skills and writing skills, vocabulary

Sample lesson : Use the chalk to draw a scene, stand in different places and take pictures or use stuffed animals to tell stories.