Webinar: Sensory Gardens

This webinar is hosted by National Head Start Association.

Coming to Our Senses: Fun & Easy Ways to Use Gardens and Greenspaces to Enrich Sensory Integration

Sensory Gardens Program:

Increasingly, we are finding that children are demonstrating sensory integration challenges that present as behavioral challenges, anxiety, and being overwhelmed. These issues can impact learning and play. Join occupational therapist and therapeutic landscape design consultant Amy Wagenfeld and mom, gardener, and garden educator Em Shipman from KidsGardening to learn how to design a garden or greenspace for kids ages 3-5 intended to engage each of the body’s sensory systems. 

We’ll share five specific activities to use in a garden or greenspace to help young children integrate and organize their senses, as well as tips and tricks for managing challenging sensory-related behaviors.

Learning Objectives:

• Learn about the eight sensory systems from an occupational therapy perspective
• Understand the behavioral symptoms of sensory overload and sensory processing challenges in children ages 3-5
• Learn how to design a garden or greenspace (sensory garden) for kids ages 3-5 to engage each of the body’s sensory systems
• Learn five specific activities to use in a garden or greenspace to help children ages 3-5 integrate and organize their senses