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Sensory Integration and the Bean Bag

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Little Pickel is a crasher, a kid in constant need of deep pressure. A great sensory input for crashers is a bean bag chair. They can jump, crash, or just sit in it, calming themselves with equal pressure on all parts of their bodyThese chairs are the ultimate in comfort, enveloping and hugging your whole body as you sink into them. The bean-filled soft fabrics these children’s bean bag chairs come in now are even more comfortable than the plastic vinyl you may be used to.

Not only is the filling creating nice even deep pressure input throughout your entire body, which is quite soothing, but the plush fabrics are irresistibly soft (and fashionable)!

Deep pressure input is the name of the game…this IS WHY these chairs are so important for kids with Sensory Processing Disorder. They NEED this input to help calm their bodies. If they are doing a sedentary task, such as watching a movie or reading, they will still be receiving calming and soothing deep pressure throughout the activity if they sit in a children’s bean bag chair.

Trust me, high energy kids and children with sensory modulation difficulties NEED these bean bag chairs to help them sit still! (I sure wish this is what they could sit in at their desks at school!) .

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