{"id":164,"date":"2020-04-27T10:12:43","date_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:12:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/?p=164"},"modified":"2020-04-27T10:12:43","modified_gmt":"2020-04-27T14:12:43","slug":"sensory-integration-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/2020\/04\/27\/sensory-integration-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Sensory Integration Exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><em>Complete these OT activities throughout the week. The more you do, the more the following skills will improve. Descriptions are included above each exercise.\u00a0<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>TUMMY THROW<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To provide touch pressure to body from floor<\/li><li>To increase back and neck extension strength<\/li><li>To develop arm strength<\/li><li>To develop good eye tracking (roll ball)<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh4.googleusercontent.com\/wY2QhR6dDyNm-ZDmMCscQxAL5dFR3-VJTJoMshCDH1o6RjiFWEhAvnogNP6oaeglmDuY_qvhrllfkpEbMbAmvODs75lpyqTND7TKKuVeMmKm4oSeThRrpv-MW14tBTMETUBKDLVL\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"2\"><li><strong>TURTLE CRAWL<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To provide touch input to back from carrying an object<\/li><li>To increase body awareness<\/li><li>To develop upper body strength<\/li><li>To promote motor control by moving fast versus slow<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh3.googleusercontent.com\/kdQUzBEtcF3yizDgA_fUksEfM302Q7Ew5IicX5pR3_0q-A23LaqahRo2jofHPSMokQx-YnJMcm6PtvrsDmAvVgQCreybOIFc2rAkgbxTIlu3P8axtnZVFjpcroSu9yRR_g5WRe2s\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\"><li><strong>BOAT RIDE<\/strong><\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>To provide deep-touch pressure to body<\/li><li>To provide calming head movement<\/li><li>To promote language skills<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p>Chant: \u201cRock the boat \u2018til we laugh and shout, rock the boat \u2018til we all fall out\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image\"><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/lh6.googleusercontent.com\/enKWAfqHZ5yRJnjjjU0uitp0etOpChVCskOcZ17-nkSJmfWkz7PATzknVWKWM5rNSoos1pq0ftcZ08XbOmFf6MkWMPE_atgQyhm1q8xRooMLRYZPkAkP9ZMlXWL_7lGZ2eRMaCUG\" alt=\"\"\/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>TACTILE ACTIVITIES<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Tactile adventure bins- cornmeal, oatmeal, water, sand, lentils<\/li><li>Bath time- bubble bath, crayon soap, back scrub brushes<\/li><li>Foam soap or shaving cream- draw, blow<\/li><li>Sticky play- tape, contact paper, painters tape<\/li><li>Kitchen time- mixing tasting, smelling, washing up<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<p><em>While playing with tactile materials, you can practice drawing shapes, letters, drawing faces, drawing a person, etc with your child. Talk about what you are doing and encourage them to engage in the play with you or with a sibling.<\/em><br>References: Building Bridges Through Sensory Integration. Yack, E, Aquilla P and Sutton S. Future Horizons 2002<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Complete these OT activities throughout the week. The more you do, the more the following skills will improve. Descriptions are included above each exercise.\u00a0 TUMMY THROW To provide touch pressure to body from floor To increase back and neck extension strength To develop arm strength To develop good eye tracking (roll ball) TURTLE CRAWL To [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2425,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-164","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2425"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=164"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":165,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/164\/revisions\/165"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=164"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=164"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/medlenm\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=164"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}