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8 years ago when we got our first sensory training I was skeptic but I had plenty of energy to try this out. Yesterday when we had our 7th training (who’s counting…)

Gluten Free or not to be?

I grew up in a household that loved spaghetti. What’s for dinner tonight, Mom? Spaghetti! My mom had such affection for that food that she once fed a string of it to her pet fish

There is an ongoing dilemma I have with myself, and have yet to reach a conclusion: You see I hate waste, hate throwing out things which still might be useful. Why throw out empty yogurt containers that can be used later on for an art project?

Birthday Party Bash!

Happy New Year! Hope 2016 will be a successfully sensory year : ) Hope you had a great time celebrating at a new year’s party! Parties are so much fun, or at least they should be. Many times they can be stressful for sensory kids and for their parents.

SouthPaws

What do the following famous people have in common? Jimi Hendrix, Orpah Winfrey, Aristotle, Marie Curie, Leonardo Da Vinci, Napoleon, Babe Ruth, Bill Gates and Bill Clinton…

Thanks :)

Thanksgiving is traditionally a time to celebrate the blessings of the harvest of the previous year. Yet, we have tons to be grateful for each day, not just once a year. And the question is, do we teach our kids to be appreciative and grateful?

Blackout! Sensory Meltdowns

Were you ever caught in the middle of an electrical blackout? I have. In fact as I write these lines and I’m using up precious battery life on my lap-top due to an electricity fallout in my neighborhood.

Clutter at the playroom…

A good friend recently celebrated her son’s 3 year old birthday party. I was looking to buy him a special present. Something I knew he would play with and not just forget moments after ecstatically ripping open the wrapping paper.

Clutter = Sensory Overload

For a while now I’ve been living in a rented apartment with a small kitchen and little pantry space. After moving in I initially decided to store the pantry items in a closet in a room down the hall, while leaving the often-used items in the kitchen.