Page 19 - Unit 5b Understanding Physical Needs

Proprioception Activities

for the Classroom

▪ ‘Heavy work’ exercises help provide students with sensory information about

body awareness and position. This helps to calm and regulate a child.

▪ Proprioceptive activities can also help to wake up the muscles, getting our

bodies in an alert state, ready to engage in tasks.

▪ Some of the best proprioceptive exercises for children are monkey bars,

jungle gyms and trampolines.

▪ Obviously, such activities are not possible all of the time, so on the next

pages are 10 proprioceptive activities that children can carry out

independently at the dining table, in the library or the classroom.

▪ Some of these activities are more suitable for primary aged students. Many

are appropriate for older students and will help to prepare them to meet their

own needs independently as they move into further education and the

workplace.