Oral Sensory Seeking

Some of our favorite oral motor activities for children:
👉 Bubble mountain (shown in video)
👉 Blowing pom poms to a target while army crawling on the floor
👉 Blowing bubbles in slime using a straw
👉 Blowing regular bubbles!
👉 Chewing gum
👉 Using sour spray
👉 Eating crunchy, resistive foods
👉 Eating foods with lots of flavor
👉 Use the Z-Vibe from @arktherapeutic
👉 Crunching on ice cubes
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Adding some of these activities into the daily routine can help meet your oral seeking child's needs!
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Also add in some full body heavy work activities:
👉 Jump and crash
👉 Full body vibration
👉 Run
👉 Climb
👉 Crawl
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We have a full podcast episode on this topic!
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Episode 158: Tips for Oral Seekers
https://harkla.co/blogs/podcast/159-t...

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