Breathing techniques offer easy-to-practice activities for building basic self-regulation in the body of youngsters in your classroom. When you connect children to an awareness of how they are breathing and give ways they can change and manage their breath themselves, you give them a life-long tool for healthy self-regulation. The Brain Humming Technique or humming […]
Did you know that improving middle school fitness in your students may help with academics? Research indicates an association between fitness in middle school students and academic achievement. What Does the Research Say on Middle School Fitness? Pediatric Exercise Science published research examining the changes in 52 adolescents (6th – 8th grade) in aerobic fitness […]
A special interest is a highly focused level of interest in a certain topic. Many times special interests in autism can be very varied. Some of these interests may develop at a young age or change throughout someone’s life span. Much like neurotypical individuals, everyone’s interest levels in different topics changes throughout their life. Sometimes, […]
Are you up for a challenge? This conversation heart printable puzzle challenges your visual scanning and visual discrimination skills to see if you can find the unique hearts. You can download it for FREE at the bottom of the post. How Does the Conversation Heart Printable Puzzle Work? All you need to do are these […]
Do your children or students dislike messy play? There are children who love to get dirty and then there are children who dislike it and experience sensory sensitivities or perhaps even a tactile aversion to messy play. There are different ways to gradually introduce tactile materials to encourage children to participate in messy play. When […]
Did you know that having good motor skills may help with the reading skills in overweight boys? Researchers from the Journal of Sports Science examined the associations of cardiometabolic risk factors with academic achievement and whether motor performance, cardiorespiratory fitness, physical activity, or sedentary behavior effected these associations in 175 children who were 6 to […]
Want to have fun while practicing visual motor skills and handwriting at the same time? This Emotions Word Search is a free printable for you to find 10 feelings words and practice handwriting too! You can download the freebie at the bottom of the post. How Does the Emotions Word Search Free Printable Work? All […]
Did you know that January 19th is National Popcorn Day? Celebrate this crunchy, fun snack today with a free popcorn puzzle and riddle. Challenge fine motor skills, scissor skills, visual spatial, and visual motor skills with this brain teaser puzzle. You can download it for free at the bottom of the post. Visual spatial reasoning […]
Want to challenge a child’s balance? Trying walking and moving in different ways across a beam. If you don’t have a balance beam, you can put a long strip of painter’s tape on the floor, tape pieces of paper together, or draw a line outdoors using sidewalk chalk. Head outdoors, and use balance beams that […]
Most children in the United States do not get enough physical activity per day including young children with autism. When children do not get the recommended moderate to vigorous physical activity (MVPA) per day they are at greater risk for obesity, high cholesterol, high blood pressure, low bone density, asthma, and depression. Research indicates that children who […]