Why Outer Space is a Great Sensory Destination

Outer Space is full of sensory and educational fun!

This path is designed to work for a wide range of neurodiverse abilities. Teaching children to jump can be a challenge – telling them to pretend to be a rocket and blast off changes the learning curve in your favor. The asteroid stream of letters can be used on many levels – alphabet recognition to spelling site words. All the while, knowing that great sensory work is also being done. See below for a description of each activity. Our goal is to make the activities a fun, positive experience. When doing star jumps, children love to exclaim: “I’m a star!”.

Testimonial

“The sensory path at our school has been helpful for many students that need some extra help with body control. The input they receive from the sensory path helps them to calm their bodies and helps them get back into a zone that they can learn.”
– Jaime H., Cinti., OH

The Out of This World Sensory Activity List

All of our products are shipped with a Suggested Activity Guide that explains how to get the best sensory workouts.

Rocket Blast

This action is great for improving motor planning to combine large muscle movements to work together. It provides deep proprioceptive input.

Alphabet Asteroid

Tiptoe walking stretches many muscles and provides deep proprioceptive input. The educational challenge of letter recognition can be played many ways: sight words, name, ABC order etc.

Swirling Meteor

Whole body spinning provides vestibular input and increases arousal.

Astronaut Gear

Pretend dressing with helmet and boots provides proprioceptive input to muscles and joints. It helps organize the sensory system.

Astronaut Hopscotch

Hopscotch works on dexterity, and hand-eye coordination and helps to master body control.

Alien Footprint

Learning number sense- Identifying the numerical order, counting backwards, even and odd numbers – all skills that are more fun to learn playing hopscotch on our rug!

Planet Hop

Large jumps promote coordination, and strengthening. It also improves body awareness.

Star Stretch

This jumping exercise uses large muscle movement for strengthening, motor planning, and coordination of upper and lower body movements. We encourage children to exclaim: “I’m a star”!

Alien Toe Yoga

This element uses large muscle movements for strengthening, and coordination of upper and lower body movements.

Alien Hug Yoga

Crossing your arms and squeezing your shoulders gives calming, deep pressure to muscles and joints.

Alien Head Push Yoga

Pushing the top of your head provides proprioceptive input and helps organize the sensory system.

Alien Triangle Yoga

The triangle yoga provides vestibular input. Helps develop coordination to transfer weight from one side to the other.