Looking to spice up your child's sensory diet program with quick and easy sensory activities? This list of sensory diet activities is perfect for your sensory seeking child!
When raising autistic kids or kids with sensory processing disorder, you often hear the phrase sensory diet mentioned. You know that incorporating sensory diet activities into your child's day makes a huge difference in their day-to-day life. Or at least I know we have!
Yet, it can be tricky to fit all the sensory activities your child needs into their day or even trickier to find the right sensory diet activities for your child.
This list of 50 easy sensory diet activities, however, will show you that you don't need to pick complicated activities and that many of the daily activities you likely already do, fit the bill for a good sensory diet activity.
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List of 50 Easy Sensory Diet Activities
Finding sensory diet activities shouldn't be complicated or use a lot of fancy materials. In fact, most of these activities are things you either already do at home or they are easy enough to do right at home with materials you have on hand. Yes, these are sensory diet activities for home!And even if you have little ones at home, most of these activities are the perfect sensory diet activities for toddlers too!
This list of activities includes activities to provide all types of sensory input. From vestibular and proprioceptive to oral motor and auditory, this list is a great starting point to help your child get the sensory input they need.
1. Swing
2. Roll like a log, in a blanket like a burrito, or down a hill
3. Hang upside down off of a couch or monkey bars
4. Ride a bike, scooter, or similar
6. Spin
7. Do a handstand
8. Sit on something wobbly like a wobble stool, exercise ball, or balance cushion
9. Jump on a trampoline, bed, cushions, or similar
10. Hop like a kangaroo or using a hopper ball
11. Finger paint
12. Play with scented dough, sensory bin fillers, or similar
13. Draw with scented markers
14. Play with a sensory bin
15. Get a massage
16. Listen to music, audiobooks, or nature sounds
17. Make a sensory path or walkway
18. Climb through a sensory tunnel
19. Bake cookies or bread
20. Brush skin
21. Play with textured balls
22. Diffuse essential oils
23. Rock in a rocking chair
24. Play auditory hide and seek with a musical toy
25. Do a heavy work activity
26. Crash into a crash mat or pile of pillows
27. Wear tight or snug fitting clothing like compression clothes or pressure vest
28. Blow bubbles in water using as straw
29. Sit with a weighted blanket or cushion across your lap or use a weighted vest
30. Play and knead play dough, putty, slime, or similar
31. Take a shower or a bath
32. Chew gum
33. Rub on scented lotion
34. Blow bubbles
35. Do animal walks
36. Go on a sound scavenger hunt
37. Do yoga
38. Climb into a body sock
39. Go swimming
40. Blow dandelions, pinwheels, or a small instrument like a whistle or harmonica
42. Look at sensory bottles, lava lamps, kaleidoscope, or similar
43. Climb a tree, or on a ladder, rope ladder, rock wall, playground equipment, or similar
44. Take a scented bubble bath
46. Sleep with stretchy bed sheets
48. Play in the dark with flashlights or glow sticks
49. Chew on a chewy necklace or toy
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