Sensory Calming Activities provide sensory input and they help your child stay calm, self regulate and be less fidgety. These sensory calming activities will also reduce your child’s stress and anxiety too.
Rub some lotion on feet, legs, hands, arms, and backs.
Deep pressure massage
Play with bubbles
Chew on a chew toy
Bounce on an exercise ball
Have a bubble bath
Make silly faces in the mirror
Pop bubble wrap
Play with putty, gloop, shaving foam &/or squishy cream (draw pictures in this, make a mess), play doh, slime,
Use a calm down or sounds bottle
Play in a dry beans, lentils etc in a tray – these are nice to stand or walk on.
Make a sensory Calming Bottle