Sensory area in classroom

Jordan | SpEd. Teacher 🍎 on Instagram: "FAQs ⬇️ ⭐️ My classroom is an area resource base attached to a mainstream primary school in Cornwall ⭐️ In this classroom we have 11 children, 8 assistants and 1 teacher at any one time. ⭐️ All pupils are aged between 5-11 years ⭐️ 2/11 children are PMLD 8/11 are autistic All children have learning disabilities ⭐️ I have taught SEN for 13 years amd have worked with around 400 pupils aged 3-19yrs over that time ⭐️ I wrote our 4 year rotating…

Parents have shared photos of the incredible DIY toys they made for their children, including sensory boards and cubby houses. One parent even put dried pasta in an old bottle to make a shaker.

For my resource classroom....sensory area for kids with needs. Easily accessible.need to label area in my room. Need to separate out sensory items and label containers.

I'm fortunate to have a nice big classroom with space for a Sensory Break Center in my current school. Previously, I was crammed in a tiny portable with several other teachers and had to make do with an overloaded shelf in a closet. This is what I looked like on most days! In this classroom, I have set up an area with the Learning Zone and Zones of Regulation tools. If you'd like to download the Learning Zone poster, please click here. We have tools for various sensory needs (visual…

My last classroom had a sensory room. It was basically a little room (about 6 ft. X 5 ft) that we painted the walls black and added a variety of sensory things. I made this sensory stand for the room, and bought a lot of materials for the room, including a disco ball, a variety of light shows, a black light, glow in the dark objects, textured posters, and much more. When I found out my new classroom doesn't have a closet or area for a sensory room, I was pretty bummed because I already have…

Fallon | School Counselor | LMHC Grad Student | EF Coach on Instagram: "🌟 The biggest question I get about my CALM DOWN CORNER is… ⁉️How do you get the sensory tiles to stick on the wall? ⁉️ 🤯The answer… a hot glue gun! A few dots of hot glue on the back of each tile did the trick! 💪Kids have pushed, punched, pressed, kicked them, and they haven’t budged. 🧘‍♀️Sensory tiles offer children the chance to engage in heavy work, allowing them to fulfill their body’s need for sensory…

I think all special education teachers struggle with meeting the sensory needs of some of our students. I am not always lucky enough to have a separate sensory room at my school. However, you can easily and cheaply create a sensory wall for your students! Below is a list of items you can add to […]

Learn classroom sensory strategies including sensory bins, stations, bottles, and ways to calm and focus kids from an occupational therapist. Great for preschoolers, kindergarteners, and school aged kids for sensory breaks in the classroom, ideas for a sensory corner, and ways to get kids learning.