Sensory/Tactile Bag & Program
Rhythm Sticks
- Rub the sticks together (note if your child is right handed you want to be a mirror for her so you will lead with your left hand and vice versa if your child is left handed), do this through the rhythm stick sequence
- next bang your sticks together (~7x's)
- put sticks between the palms of hand and rub back and forth saying “mix, mix, mix”
- hold sticks in hands pointing towards each other and “roll' them forward” in circular motion saying “roll, roll, roll”
- hammer your stick using the dominant hand bang the top of the other stick that is held vertical
- “space shuttle” holding sticks in hands bring them together in front of you slowly touching the tips together, do this twice make sound affects like the sound of a truck backing up “beep, beep, beep”
- rub the sticks together again (~ 7 xs's)
- “Rock-n-Roll Band” bang the sticks like a drummer on the floor for a few rifts
- say “stop” and slam one stick down on the other stick, receive the sticks from your child
Vegetable Brush
- take the brush, we are going to brush our palm begin brushing up and down counting” 1-2-3-4-5”
- now turn the hand over and brush the top side of the hand “1-2-3-4-5”
- now brush the forearm (ideally shirt sleeve is up so brush is on skin) “1-2-3-4-5”
- rotate forearm brush the underside of the forearm “1-2-3-4-5”
Loafa Glove
- choose one glove from an array and place on a hand (Michael Jackson style circa 1982)
- rub the glove to the palm of the other hand saying “slow, slow, slow”, the speed it up saying “fast, fast, fast” do this sequence 2x
- next bring hands together gently saying “soft, soft, soft” then bang hands together saying “hard, hard, hard” do this sequence 2x
Thera-Band
- choose a piece of colored theraband holding at each end
- pull apart saying “long” then let tension off band saying “short”, do this 2x
- holding the band vertical pull apart saying “tall” let tension off saying ”small”, do this twice
Rubber bands
- loop the large rubber bands around each thumb, pull apart saying as above “long” then short, do this 2x
- holding the bands with your thumbs now do in the vertical plane “tall” and “small” do this 2x
Pop tubes
- choose one and pull apart saying “long” then put together saying “short” do this 2x
Boinks
- pick one and hold each end with your index, middle finger and thumb push together saying “thick”, then let expand saying “thin” do this 3x
- place the index finger in both ends of the boink pressing towards each other 3xs
- lastly, place the boink vertical on the floor and compressing down with fingers pretend to do at least 3 space shuttle launches
All these tasks should be done with the child. When you model with your child it is helpful for you to be your child's visual mirror; i.e. if your child is right-handed and you are sitting across from her, you would do all the tasks with your left hand/side like she was looking into a mirror