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Feely Toys
- Cover old, clean containers (butter tubs, juice cans, plastic bottles, paper towel tubes, etc.) with different textures. You can use several different textures on each container if it is big enough. Put some kind of noise-maker inside (bells, beans, rice, popcorn kernels) and seal it tightly. Be sure to monitor the toy to be sure it stays sealed and don't let your child play with it alone.
- Use the "feely toy" in several ways:
- Roll it back and forth to each other with hands.
- Push it back and forth to each other with feet.
- Roll the child over it on his bare stomach.
- Pass it from one person to another with feet.
- Listen to where the toy rolls and try to get it.
Senses used: proprioceptive, tactile, kinesthetic, haptic, hearing, vestibular, echolocation
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