Morning Walk
Walking with weight is a great sensory activity! Mikey does it every morning before school. He puts on his backpack and walks in a big circle around our driveway while he waits for the bus. It gets him centered and ready to start his day. He loves it!
So much so, that on rainy days, we need to pull out the umbrellas and head right out into the rain to walk our laps. He has a change of clothes at school in case his rain jacket and umbrella have not quite done the trick.
This activity, like so much of our lives, lends itself to silliness quite well.
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Erica Mauro is a mom to two teenage boys, Will who is neurotypical and Michael with Autism and cognitive delays. She holds a BA in Psychology from Colgate University and a Masters of Psychology in Education from Columbia Teacher’s College. Before staying home with her children, she worked as an elementary school teacher. For five years, she served on the Board of Directors of the Molly Ann Tango Memorial Foundation, a charity dedicated to enriching the lives of children with special needs. In partnership with her husband Dave, she aspires to parent by using daily life as an opportunity for therapeutic intervention, seizing on real experiences as opportunities to build skills and strategies for Michael in a joyful, loving home environment. On the tougher early days, she just tried to get everyone safely to bedtime and start fresh in the morning. *wink* 
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