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Floating Star Sensory Bottle

September 2, 2016 by OneMommy

Floating Star Sensory Bottle -- sensory bottle using hair gel. Some of the stars float to the top

  Several years ago I bought a cheap bottle of blue hair gel so I could make squish bags for my then toddler.  Afterwards we still had half a bottle of the gel, which got sat on a shelf and forgotten.  This week we used the hair gel to create a new sensory bottle with stars that actually […]

Filed Under: Sensory Play Tagged With: anxiety, SPD, water bottle craft

How to Increase Core Strength in Kids Using a Swing

May 25, 2016 by OneMommy

using a playground swing to strengthen core muscles in kids

  Every time I tried to grab his feet he giggled, until he was laughing so hard he had hiccups.  It was another fun time at the playground.  But that trip to the park can be more than just a good time for the kids.  Climbing up the ladders, doing the monkey bars, and swinging on the […]

Filed Under: Kids Activities Tagged With: playing outside, SPD

Social Anxiety on the Playground

October 4, 2014 by OneMommy

Decoding Kid Behaviors Series

    Anxious to get playing, my daughter quickly finished her cheeseburger before stashing her shoes in the little red cubby.  I watched as she raced another little girl up the steps to the tunnel slide.  My son watched with me, having finished his food a little bit ago.  He sat as close as he could […]

Filed Under: Parenting & Life Tagged With: sensory, sensory processing, SPD

The Parenting Phrase I Want to Ban

September 10, 2014 by OneMommy

Your words can affect your child. Why you need to think before you say this phrase.

  Upset and angry and unable to handle the emotions flooding through him, my son had just hit his sister before racing to cry in his room. “What’s wrong with you?!” was my husband’s automatic response as our son ran down the hallway. I cringed at his wording. “What’s wrong with you?” Those four words seem […]

Filed Under: Parenting & Life Tagged With: parenting, sensory processing, SPD

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