Beany Bean Beans!

Z and E both had motor sensory issues.
Z's a bit more severe than E's.

There's was in a form of their hands, Grasping a pencil was tough. Making the simple task of correctly holding a crayon almost impossible and extremely frustrating on them.

Someone dear to me said writing for my boys was like if they were trying to write on the ceiling with a pencil attached to the end of a bamboo stick...YIKES that does sound frustrating!

So I played games with them to help them ease into the process.

I started with textures. Allowing them to jump in there and get in there with their little fingers!

I started with beans.
I allowed them to transfer beans to and from bowl to bowl.
I eventually took away the measuring cups and stuck my hands in the beans as if sticking my hands in sand.
I giggled the whole time making it seem like I was having a ball.
Of course monkey see monkey do and they jumped in on the fun.
Not only did I let them play I encouraged conversation.
Mommy:"Ooohhh do you like this game?"
Of course Z would just echo.."Do you like this game?"
Mommy: "No I say do you like this game you say, yes."
Z would smile and continue on his beany mission.
You know I never gave up, repetition, repetition.

You don't give up either.














Back to the bean....They made a terrible beany mess but I didn't care. To me this was a step in the right direction.
I was told the touch and feel sends signals to their brain.
So if their sensory felt pain from the feeling they could slowly train them selves with activities like this.
Again this is what I was told, I am not a therapist.
I was actually told to use anything and chose beans, you could also use rice.
Another fun thing the boys loved was crushing leaves.
Their Pop's came up with this one.
On a family walk pick up leaves and let your little one just crush it in their hands. In the beginning I think it bothered Z to do this. But after a while his boy instincts kicked in and he loved it!
We'd walk he'd stop pick up a leaf show us his finding then CRUSH!
I was happy to see he was coming along, even if he did sometimes sneak into the house a leaf or two.