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Our Early Childhood Special Education class would like to construct a sensory area in our classroom where students with all types of developmental needs can access sensory items and/or equipment to enhance and promote brain function when using touch, sound, sight, and movement. A sensory area would provide a space where students especially our autistic students could prepare their brains and bodies for learning. Giving these students a sensory area will not only promote brain functions, but also a calming area where they feel safe and can easily self-regulate. As of now, our classroom has a small quantity of sensory items available to them. By creating this designated space, it would provide new and updated sensory equipment where students can go to develop and engage their senses. Getting funded, would mean that we would be able to purchases items such as fiber optic lights, mirrors, glitter tubes, Playhouse Cube, sensory carpet, fidget toys, chew toys, light filters, manipulatives, and more. These sensory items would serve our students in all of their senses: touch, sight, sound, smell, and taste. Despite not having a sensory area, we still promote learning and growth with our children; however, we feel that with the rising numbers of developmentally delayed children especially autistic students, we need to look ‘outside the box’ to find resources for these students. We feel a sensory space can do just that in our classroom. Engaging in sensory play has been proven to help promote brain function and learning. We would love to better serve our students with new and updated sensory toys within our classroom, but we need your help.
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