Category: Movement

Benefits of Yoga for Children in Occupational Therapy

Practicing yoga develops balance, motor skills, and calming through guided movement and breath.

Breathing alongside movements encourages children to breathe while moving (many children who are weak tend to hold their breath while doing motor tasks as they are using their diaphragm, a breathing muscle, to hold their body versus to breathe)

Sensory Swings Pre-Made Part 3/3

sensory swing setup can support children’s sensory needs through movement, play, and calming activities.

I’d love to have more DIY skills or even a little workshop to build toys and equipment. But alas, I often resort to Amazon!
I’ll share some swings, trapezes and other equipment I’ve purchased from Amazon or local shops that kids really like.

Installing Sensory Integration Swings – Part 1/ 3

sensory swing for children at home providing movement and calming input

Part of classical sensory integration therapy includes using suspended equipment and therapeutic swings.Although there are lots of other effective and fun ways for children to get movement input without swings, swings are an option for the home.

Therapeutic Benefits of Babywearing

Baby in a sling carrier, symbolising sensory and motor benefits of babywearing

You can see how it can either help decrease sensory overload for sensitive babies or provide extra input to
babies who need more sensory information. By integrating, touch, body and movement input, we are helping develop multi-sensory processing.