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Fillers
- Find a large container (one big enough to hold your child comfortably when he or she is sitting). Examples: plastic tub, cardboard box, small plastic pool
- Fill the container with any one of the following items:
- styrafoam peanuts
- dried beans
- rice
- dry oatmeal
- tissue paper
- toilet paper
- Next, put your child in the container with the filler. Let her explore the sensation of the textures on the different parts of her body. Be sure she doesn't put any of the smaller items in her mouth. Rotate the fillers occasionally so your child can experience many different sensations.
- You can pour the items over the child's head, rub them on a foot, or any other body part.
Senses used: proprioceptive, tactile, kinesthetic, haptic, hearing, echolocation
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