Description
Regulating emotions through sensory-based activities
Outline:
This resource pack, has been created to give the facilitator activities to help the child’s nervous system regulate – through sensory-based movements. They are ideal for those children that need regular movement breaks throughout the day, to prevent their nervous system becoming overwhelmed. The sensory-based calming activity cards are focused on providing the child with deep pressure and/or proprioceptive input, to regulate and ground the child again.
How to use the pack:
- Brain-break
If the child is becoming dysregulated and needing sensory input to regulate them, simply provide them with a keyring with a selection of these activities. They may need a combination of these and the organising cards – as they could start with a focused activity and then go to a calming one.
- Sensory-based Intervention
Simply, print them off – laminate and use them with Velcro to form a lesson plan, or on a keyring for individual children. You will also need access to the Organising and Alerting Activity Cards.
The lesson structure:
- Beginning: 2 x Alerting Activity Cards
- Middle: 2 x Organising Activity Cards
- End: 1 x Calming Activity Card
Objectives:
- To regulate sensory overwhelm
- To prevent sensory overwhelm
- To help a child to regain focus
In the Pack:
- 12 Sensory-based Calming Activity Cards
Number of Pages:
Font: Open Dyslexic
Format: High Quality PDF File
