Taste/Smell and Visual Sensitivity

A continuation of a previous post, now focusing on ideas for taste/smell and visual systems:


Taste/Smell Sensitivity

• Crunchy cereal, firm fruit (apples)
• Vibrating toothbrush or massager
• Whistles to help decrease a child putting his/her tongue into an open cup
• Drawing shapes and letters in pudding
• Gradually increasing willingness to taste a certain food

• Tolerating the food on the table
• Tolerating the food near his/her plate
• Tolerating the smell of the food near his/her nose
• Tolerating the food on his/her lips
• Tolerating the food on his tongue
• Tolerating one bite

Visual Sensitivity/Developing the Visual System

• Allowing your child to wear sunglasses or a hat when outside
• Making letters or shapes in different craft media (i.e. clay, playdough, shaving cream, string, pudding, popsicle sticks, sand paper)
• Cutting on a straight or curved line
• Tracking activities such as following clouds, birds, squirrels or airplanes move with your eyes
• Ball play making sure to follow the ball with your eyes
• Playing with a streamer on stick and following it with your eyes
• Whistles that have an eye following component
• Flashlight play