06/04/2025
🧠 Sensory Superpowers! 🧒✨
Did you know your child has three secret sensory systems that help them move, play, learn, and feel safe in the world? MOVING helps your therapist work on these systems. This is the WORK of OT!
👂 Vestibular System – helps with balance and knowing where their head is in space. Activities like swinging, spinning, and rolling are great for this!
🖐️ Tactile System – this is all about touch! It helps kids explore textures, pressure, and temperature. Messy play like sand, slime, or finger painting? Perfect for tactile development.
💪 Proprioceptive System – this one tells the body where it is and how to move. Think jumping, pushing, pulling, and squeezing!
OT’s use movement targeted within these systems to prepare kiddos for functional activities and gains!