15/11/2021
This week we are talking sensory regulation and our little learners. We’ll use the analogy of a bucket to ask a question… what fills your child’s ‘sensory bucket’? 💦🪣
We all need sensory input to keep us focussed, alert and engaged throughout the day.. Think movement, auditory, tactile, visual, and oral sensory input. If your child’s bucket isn’t full (or is too full), learning is not going to happen! There’ll be a lotta tears and frustration from everyone.
Let’s avoid that.
🌟 Identify things throughout the day that are joyful and calming – listening to music, getting big bear hugs, hearing the schedule, eating a crunchy snack, listening to nature sounds, playing with a fidget toy, drinking from a straw cup, jumping on the trampoline, resting on the couch.
Your goal?
🌟 Keep the ‘bucket’ at the just right level. The more focus and learning that is demanded of your learner, the emptier that bucket is going to get!! Play the fill and empty game by interspersing learning tasks with sensory breaks to keep the ‘sensory bucket’ from getting empty.
Pro Tip… don’t forget to fill your cup too! 💗🍷
