A sensory space in an early childhood, special education program can open up a whole new world for children with developmental delays. Schools and centers that work with these children can provide great therapeutic benefits to all of their students by offering them a multi‐sensory experience.
Providing opportunities to exercise hand-eye coordination and color perception or to develop painting and creative skills by playing with a large water doodle mat or the liquid fusion play center would be highly beneficial in developing skills needed as early childhood students move up to kindergarten. Yet another example would be to have the opportunity to lay inside a small tent on a sensory pad after an occupational therapy session to provide a much deserved mental break and physical relaxation. Because overstimulation can be painful for children affected by developmental delays, dimming or turning off the main classroom fluorescent lights completely and utilizing the twilight projector, jellyfish lamp, hexagon wall light, curtains, and disco lights either paired together or on rotation would allow the sensory space to become a more accessible and calming environment. The blacklight tape would keep us safe by providing visual marker on the floor in the darkened sensory space.
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A sensory space in an early childhood, special education program can open up a whole new world for children with developmental delays. Schools and centers that work with these children can provide great therapeutic benefits to all of their students by offering them a multi‐sensory experience.
Providing opportunities to exercise hand-eye coordination and color perception or to develop painting and creative skills by playing with a large water doodle mat or the liquid fusion play center would be highly beneficial in developing skills needed as early childhood students move up to kindergarten. Yet another example would be to have the opportunity to lay inside a small tent on a sensory pad after an occupational therapy session to provide a much deserved mental break and physical relaxation. Because overstimulation can be painful for children affected by developmental delays, dimming or turning off the main classroom fluorescent lights completely and utilizing the twilight projector, jellyfish lamp, hexagon wall light, curtains, and disco lights either paired together or on rotation would allow the sensory space to become a more accessible and calming environment. The blacklight tape would keep us safe by providing visual marker on the floor in the darkened sensory space.