Sunflower Schoolhouse

We have Special Needs children in our home...

Our oldest child has Autism (Aspergers) and ADHD. All of our children have sensory issues to varying degrees. A few of our children have fine motor issues (and struggle with putting pen to paper). We have a child with eczema and kids with allergies (one child has an EpiPen which we have never had to use - thankfully!).

Each week, on Fridays, I want to focus on a different aspect of Special Needs. There are so many resources and pieces of information that I want to share with you, but all in due time. Today's post is about Sensory Resources. I love looking at catalogs to get ideas. I have created a list of my favorite Special Needs Catalogs. You can get amazing ideas from the catalogs below to create your own sensory experiences at home.

Do you know of any other great Special Needs Catalogs?

What aspect of Special Needs do you need more resources for?

My son sees an occupational therapist to help him with some of his issues with autism (like fine motor skills, sensory processing, etc). When we get to her office he has some free time to adjust (transition issues) and then we follow a plan that they designed together. At the end of his session, he has some free time to explore and wind down after all the hard work.

I happened to have my camera there one day and was able to snap some pictures of this really amazing paper doll house that she has.

Here is a picture of the dining room and the bathroom .

Here is a picture of the kitchen and the bedroom.

Here is a picture of the conservatory and another bedroom.

Here is the entrance way and the upstairs hallway.

The two most fascinating things about this doll house are, that it has paper dolls (you can see them tucked under the stairs) and that it folds up into a book.

My son loves pulling the doll house out and looking at it. It is really beautiful and someone took great care in adding in details when they were designing it.

Do you have something special or interesting that your children like to play with? I would love to hear about it.