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  • Wayne Township Pre-School
  • Indianapolis, IN
  • More than half of students from low‑income households Data about students' economic need comes from the National Center for Education Statistics, via our partners at MDR Education. Learn more

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Every day, I work with preschoolers that are "learning to learn." That means that they are just beginning to understand how to sit and listen to teachers, share with friends, and follow a classroom routine. This can be difficult and stressful for both typically developing children and children with special needs. Some of my kiddos need constant sound, movement, or deep pressure to pay attention to their teachers. I work with teachers to provide "sensory supports" for my preschoolers. Sensory supports include things as simple as a "fidget" ( an object that will keep their hands busy so that they eyes and ears can focus on their teacher) or more high-tech devices. For example, I have several students that spend most of their day humming or singing to themselves. These students benefit from listening to "white noise" through bone conduction headphones to decrease the need for them to make the noise themselves. I have students that seek out deep pressure through hiding in small spaces (under desks, in between shelves, etc.) or "crashing" into teachers and other students. These kiddos benefit from compression vests and sensory sox to give their body an extra "hug" and decrease the need for them to hide or crash. Other children can be easily overstimulated in cluttered or bright classrooms; visual fidgets, like liquid bubblers or star projectors, can make a classroom more calming. These sensory supports will be used in all of my classrooms and will make learning more attainable for my kiddos!

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Every day, I work with preschoolers that are "learning to learn." That means that they are just beginning to understand how to sit and listen to teachers, share with friends, and follow a classroom routine. This can be difficult and stressful for both typically developing children and children with special needs. Some of my kiddos need constant sound, movement, or deep pressure to pay attention to their teachers. I work with teachers to provide "sensory supports" for my preschoolers. Sensory supports include things as simple as a "fidget" ( an object that will keep their hands busy so that they eyes and ears can focus on their teacher) or more high-tech devices. For example, I have several students that spend most of their day humming or singing to themselves. These students benefit from listening to "white noise" through bone conduction headphones to decrease the need for them to make the noise themselves. I have students that seek out deep pressure through hiding in small spaces (under desks, in between shelves, etc.) or "crashing" into teachers and other students. These kiddos benefit from compression vests and sensory sox to give their body an extra "hug" and decrease the need for them to hide or crash. Other children can be easily overstimulated in cluttered or bright classrooms; visual fidgets, like liquid bubblers or star projectors, can make a classroom more calming. These sensory supports will be used in all of my classrooms and will make learning more attainable for my kiddos!

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