Sensory valuable environment

Many children benefit from sensory aids throughout the school day. It helps them to pay better attention and reduce tensions. A sensory valuable corridor in the school is definitely recommended. The children with stimuli processing problems can then enjoy themselves between lessons and thus experience challenge and relaxation, in order to be able to follow the lesson properly again.

A sensory gait is a tool to move and relax by, for example, hopping, pushing hands against the wall (this gives deep pressure and calms the nervous system and body!) Accepting sensory aids can be a very good way out for both the children themselves with stimulus processing problems and also for teachers! It ensures better concentration and to get out of over or understimulation, and through movement or chewing, for example, to be able to pay attention again in class, or to regulate stress.

Sensory aids in the classroom

Not only a sensory gait, but also small sensory aids in the classroom, can already support children in their learning process.

Visual Aids in the Classroom

Aids for children who have visual impairment or are undersensitive to visual stimuli.

• Wearing glasses
• Sitting at the front of the class
• The teacher uses verbal feedback and names for all students to record the student
• Provide visual descriptions when writing on the board, for example
• Enlarge offering of the sums or text
• Enlarged screens
• Talking calculators
• Colored overlays
• Addressing lighting in the classroom
• Give extra time to finish the work

For children who are hypersensitive to visual stimuli, offer as little color and visual stimuli as possible at his seat in the classroom, preferably do not place in the middle of the class, but in a quiet place in the back of the class next to a closed closet, where not many children walk past.

Auditory Aids in the Classroom

For children who have difficulty with sound stimuli, are hard of hearing.

• Hearing aids
• Acoustic adjustments
• Sitting close to the teacher
• Keep background noise low
• Visual aids
• Both writing on the board and speaking
• Make sure the teacher’s face is always visible
• Teaching in small groups

For children who are sensitive to sound, mute as much sound as possible in time with hearing protector or with music or use a sound-absorbing concentration screen.

Oral Aids in the Classroom

For children who chew everything, gnaw on pencils or bite corners of the paper.

• Use a chewing chain
• Use a chew bracelet
• Use crispy or hard food

Tactile Tools in the Classroom

Tools for children who like to fidget and move a lot.

• Use fidget toys
• Use something that you can touch, that you can place inconspicuously on your desk or couch
• Use a sensory gait

Vestibulaire Hulpmiddelen in de klas (evenwicht)

Aids for children who do not sit still, often get up, hang upside down or rock in their chair.

• Een wiebelkussen
• Een elastiek of roller tussen je stoelpoten of bank/bureau

Smaak en Geur Hulpmiddelen in de klas

Aids for children who are hypersensitive or undersensitive to smell and taste

• Aromatherapie (olie)
• Inhaler
• happy senso (knetterzeep)
• Kersenpitten kussen / knuffel met geur

Proprioceptieve Hulpmiddelen in de klas (diepe druk)

Tools for children who relax through pressure on the body and literally learn to feel their body better.

• Een verzwaringskussen (voor op je benen/schoot te leggen)
• Schouderverzwaring (voor bijvoorbeeld diepe druk op de schouders)
• Hairy Hugger of een van onze andere verzwaarde knuffels
• Squease diepe druk vest (zowel voor kinderen als ook voor volwassenen)

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