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4 Benefits of Imaginative Play for Young Children

Have you ever seen a young child open a larger present — and then toss the gift aside to play...

10 Things Every Parent Should Know About Play

Children practice and reinforce their learning in multiple areas during play. It gives them a place and a time for...

Just Scoot! 8 New Activities for your Scooter

Scooters are fun! But they also offer a tremendous amount of physical and sensory benefit. From motor planning to coordination...

Four Ideas to Make Bath Time Less Stressful and More Fun!

Sometimes bathing a toddler can be like trying to hold a fish—a wiggly, giggly, slippery minnow that can even run...

Connect with us: GAC2020, Muscat, Oman

Raana, Alison and the Sensory Souk team will be in Oman Jan 24-26 for the region's first Autism conference.  Connect...

Vlog: Autism, Visual Schedule and Life Skills

We decided to share this awesome video from FatheringAutism.  This dad is really great at getting his daughter Abbie up...
Simple Transition Strategies for Kids with Autism

Simple Transition Strategies for Kids with Autism

  You know that saying, you will have to take me out of here kicking and screaming? I’m more than...

Dinner with Dr. Stephen Shore

    Child Development Center and Sensory Souk bring you an evening with Dr. Stephen Shore.  Join us to hear...

The Science of Play: Playing Pretend/Free play with Solar Dough

  It’s no secret that children learn from their play! How does playing pretend and free play or using imagination...

21 Silly Putty & Theraputty Activities

  With two children on the Autism spectrum if there is one thing that has been tried and tested thoroughly...

Vibrating Cushions: A Sensory Diet Tool

Vibration is an incredibly strong form of sensory input that some children respond to in a very positive way. Vibration activates vestibular...

November Seminars

Join Sensory Souk and Nicole Alexander as they team up to bring you the first educator and parent seminars of...
The Oral Motor Benefits of Straws

The Oral Motor Benefits of Straws

Whenever a parent asks me what they can do to improve their child’s oral motor skills, one of my first...

The Importance of Rewards

Rewarding children for good behaviours, such as bedtime routines, toilet training, fussy eating and sharing toys can be an extremely...

Learning with Fraction Tower Cubes

Fraction Tower Cubes represent different fractions for instructive comparison. You can expand the possibilities of teaching fractions and equivalency with...

Internship 2019: Phoenix Private School

Sensory Souk hosts its first SEN internship program with a great group of students from Phoenix Private School!