Sensory Exploration & Muscle Development for Preschoolers!
My students need a Jump-o-lene ball pit and ten boxes of balls to fill it.
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I work in a preschool classroom for children with autism spectrum disorders. My classroom is located on an isolated site with 5 classes that only serve children with special needs. Because we are a preschool site, we do not receive Title 1 or ADA funding because those programs do not assist preschools. However, because we are a special education site, we do not receive the funding that other preschool programs receive such as HeadStart. This means that any "extras" we need in the classroom are not likely to be purchased by the school district and, in the end the teachers donate their own money to purchase these materials.
Our little bodies need activities that will help us develop our muscles! We need to curl up in a tight space under soft foam or small plastic balls in order to get proprioceptive and vestibular input. The occupational therapist who serves many of my students, in addition to other students in our school, believes a ball pit that is big enough for my preschoolers to climb into would be a valuable addition to our program and greatly benefit the motor and sensory development of my preschool students.
Currently, we do not have a ball pit that would allow us to work on our large and small muscles. The Jump-o-lene ball pit and plastic balls that I have selected would allow my students to bury themselves inside and move around in it. It would also provide my students with a quiet, soothing place to go when their little sensory systems are overstimulated. A new Jump-o-lene would be a tremendous asset to my program for children with special needs.
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