Sensory\nexploration is a child\u2019s way of examining, discovering, categorizing and making\nsense of the world around them. It is beneficial to provide children with\nopportunities for sensory play. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Why is\nsensory integration important?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n A new born is able to see, hear and sense their body but is unable to\norganise these senses well; therefore this information means very little. They\nare unable to judge distances or feel the shape of one object versus another.\nAs the child is exposed to various sensory inputs, they gradually learn to\norganise them within their brain and are able to give meaning to them. They\nbecome better able to focus in on one sensation and as a result performance\nimproves. Their movement changes from being jerky and clumsy, to more refined\nand they are able to manage multiple amounts of sensory input at one time. By\norganising sensations the child is able to modulate their response and as a\nresult they seem to be more connected with the world and in control of their\nemotions.<\/p>\n\n\n\n Benefits\nof sensory play:<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n What activities can help improve sensory processing\/motor integration skills?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n 2. Visual schedules<\/strong> enable a child to see and understand what is going to happen next. Schedules also help people to organise themselves and to plan ahead.<\/p>\n\n\n\n 3. Visual Timers<\/strong> help with transitions as they tell the child how long they need to perform an activity for. Timers can allow us to pre-warn the child when a fun task is coming to an end.<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Sensory exploration is a child\u2019s way of examining, discovering, categorizing and making sense of the world around…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6068,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-6074","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"yoast_head":"\n