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I'm Carolyn Duncan and I run a small business called The Sensory Room Girl. I provide assistance in designing sensory rooms, calm down kits, and sensory-friendly bedrooms for people with autism, asperger's, ADHD, sensory processing disorder, and others. I have an autism spectrum disorder and therefore have special insight into the needs of others with similar neurological differences. I operate in Barrie and all the surounding areas, from York Region to Muskoka. If you are wondering if I will come to your area, just send me an email and ask! My hope with this blog is to provide reviews of sensory tools I've tried, discussions on books I've read, and even some sensory-friendly ideas. I hope you enjoy it!

Tuesday, 4 August 2015

Felt Feelings Board

Children on the autism spectrum, with ADHD, and others, may experience difficulty recognizing emotions. There are many ways to help these children develop a better understanding of emotions and the felt feelings board is one of them.


The board is made up of two large squares of felt, an oval piece of felt for the face, and lots of different facial features and hair-dos cut out of felt. The nice thing about felt is that it sticks to itself, so fasteners aren't necessary.


Faces can be put together by the child to match an emotion, or by the adult for the child to guess. Emotions can be simple, like a smiling face, or complicated, like the anxious fellow above.


Faces can be customized to represent the child or their friends and family to make things more relatable. Because the pieces are made from felt, this can be safely used with fairly young children. Older children may also enjoy using this, especially if some form of current fashion or video game is used as inspiration for the felt pieces.