Occupational Therapy
caseloads frequently include students with both fine motor and sensory goals.
The Sensory
Bundle (available in three formats: Regular, SymbolStix and PCS) is the
perfect vehicle to address both. The bundle may be purchased from the Bloom Where You’re Planted Store on the Teachers Pay Teachers website. http://teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Bloom
The Sensory Bundle
includes recipes for making:
- No-Cook Play Dough
- Kinetic Sand
- Flubber
- Slime
All four recipes address a variety of fine motor/daily living skills (pouring, using the non-dominant
hand to stabilize, crossing midline, holding a spoon, performing a stirring
motion, bilateral manipulation of the hands when kneading and stretching the
‘dough’, and the manipulation of these materials when playing). In addition all
four products provide a varied and interesting sensory experience. Although not all children will be able to
tolerate the full range of sensory experiences, these materials should be a
welcome addition to the OT’s therapeutic ‘bag of tricks’.
Working collaboratively with the classroom teacher or speech-language
pathologist, these ASbyS recipes
can be conducted as a literacy/language/AAC group
activity using the classroom’s interactive
whiteboard or can be conducted in small groups rotating through a station outfitted
with a computer monitor or iPad/tablet to display the ASbyS instructions. If an adult takes pictures throughout the process, a collaborative
or individual writing activity can be added to ‘round out’ the therapeutic and
academic experience. See previous post on using Pictello.
I also love the idea of asking
older students who are struggling with reading to use the ASbyS to guide them through
the task of making these materials for children in the Kindergarten or
Preschool programs. Yes,
there are a multitude of creative ways to use your Sensory Animated
Step-by-Steps!
Please share YOUR creative ideas.
Please share YOUR creative ideas.
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©2017 Carol
Goossens’, Ph. D.
Augmentative
Communication Consultant
Speech-Language
Pathologist
Special
Educator
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