School Sensory Diet Cheat Sheet

$2.00

Quick sensory strategies for teachers, parents and new OTs: heavy work, movement breaks, tactile tools, seated tools and an oral sensory diet.

What’s inside

  • 6 pages: a cover with how to read the sheet, 4 pages of strategies and a teacher tip page
  • Heavy Work (proprioceptive input): wall push-ups, chair push-ups, carrying and more
  • Movement Breaks (vestibular input)
  • Tactile Strategies: quiet, discreet options a child can use at the desk
  • Seated Sensory Tools: bouncy resistance bands and other under-the-desk fidgets
  • Oral Sensory Diet: crunchy snacks and other mouth input
  • Each strategy says what it is for and how to do it in a classroom

Skills it builds

  • — (hidden for grown-up guides)

How to use

Build a quick “sensory menu” of 4–5 pictured options from the sheet and tape it to a desk or post it at a station. Let the child choose rather than assigning. Try one strategy for a couple of weeks before adding another, and keep the sheet in your sub binder.

You’ll need

A printer. Laminate it for the classroom wall.

From a pediatric OT

Made by Ms. Aviv, a licensed pediatric occupational therapist, and used with real kids before it reaches you. Print-ready PDF on US Letter (prints on A4 with “fit to page”).

Quick sensory strategies for teachers, parents and new OTs: heavy work, movement breaks, tactile tools, seated tools and an oral sensory diet.

What’s inside

  • 6 pages: a cover with how to read the sheet, 4 pages of strategies and a teacher tip page
  • Heavy Work (proprioceptive input): wall push-ups, chair push-ups, carrying and more
  • Movement Breaks (vestibular input)
  • Tactile Strategies: quiet, discreet options a child can use at the desk
  • Seated Sensory Tools: bouncy resistance bands and other under-the-desk fidgets
  • Oral Sensory Diet: crunchy snacks and other mouth input
  • Each strategy says what it is for and how to do it in a classroom

Skills it builds

  • — (hidden for grown-up guides)

How to use

Build a quick “sensory menu” of 4–5 pictured options from the sheet and tape it to a desk or post it at a station. Let the child choose rather than assigning. Try one strategy for a couple of weeks before adding another, and keep the sheet in your sub binder.

You’ll need

A printer. Laminate it for the classroom wall.

From a pediatric OT

Made by Ms. Aviv, a licensed pediatric occupational therapist, and used with real kids before it reaches you. Print-ready PDF on US Letter (prints on A4 with “fit to page”).