Supporting Sensory Needs: Visual Sensory Needs
Visual sensory stimuli are picked up through visual receptors located in the eye that are stimulated by light, color, and movement.
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Supporting Sensory Needs: Sensory Needs Checklist
Our bodies rely on more than our eyes, ears, noses, tongues, and skin to interpret our environment. We have eight senses that help shape our understanding of the world around us!
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Summer Fun: Water Play Activities
Stay cool this summer with water play! Water play can be a fun, simple, cost-effective sensory and learning experience.
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Volunteer Appreciation: Meet Keith!
Keith is an alumni of Little Light House who has Cerebral Palsy. While attending Little Light House, Keith challenged himself to begin using an “eye-gaze” device, a computer that tracks where his eyes look on a screen, allows him to select a letter by focusing on it, and then generates speech for him based on what he has typed. “Little Light House gave me my voice,” Keith says. “It’s allowed me to be me, and my family couldn’t be more thankful for what the teachers, therapists, and my whole team gave me.”
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Recognizing the Signs: Indicators of Potential Disability
Parents, teachers, and caregivers all play a crucial role in understanding and supporting children with diverse needs, including those with developmental differences. Sometimes, children may show early signs that they have unique challenges and strengths. These signs can include different behaviors, specific physical needs, or certain characteristics, which might indicate that a child could have
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Springtime Fun: 10 Engaging Activities Using Plastic Easter Eggs!
Are you looking for ways to reuse all the plastic Easter eggs your child collects at egg hunts? Here are 10 engaging ways to use them that will encourage learning and motor development! Sorting by Color Color sorting is a foundational skill for kids to practice matching, develop an understanding of the
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6 Tools to use in your Church’s Special Needs Ministry
Oftentimes, children with disabilities and their families feel unable to attend church. Using these tools can help families feel more at ease, cared for, and considered, even if you don’t currently have a special needs ministry! You can use these tools with any child, in any setting, and you might even show families a new way to help their
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Creating Inclusive Learning Spaces
At Little Light House, we believe in a world where ALL children feel valued and included, and it starts with their community, church, and school! Creating an inclusive environment doesn’t have to be hard! These key components will help meet the needs of every child! Visual Supports Visual supports are pictures, drawings, or other graphics
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Spotting the Signs: Recognizing Indicators of Vision Impairment in Children
Most of us think of vision as just our eyes. However, the eyes are the camera lens, and the brain is where true vision occurs by interpreting what the eyes see. Many areas of the brain are involved in visual function and visual processing. Vision is a complex neurological process. Eye doctors use a standard measurement of
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Why Early Intervention?
1 in 6 children have a developmental disability. This means that roughly 17% of children experience difficulty with day to day activities involving communication, mobility, and sensory regulation. While every child’s journey is unique, early intervention can change each of their lives! Infancy and early childhood mark critical periods of brain development. These early years
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