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At SensoryEdge our focus is to educate, inform, and inspire each person caring for children to be and do their very best. It is not always easy and sometimes we don't take action (or we take the wrong action) because of a lack of understanding the real issues. We hope that the conversations that occur here will help in some small way better the lives of children, their families, and the professionals who work with them. We are always looking for valuable contributions to our site so if you are interested in becoming a contributor contact us.

Anti-Slip vs. Non-Slip Classroom Rugs: What the Difference Actually Means

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There is no such thing as a truly non-slip classroom rug. No classroom rug has suction cups, adhesive, or any mechanism that would physically prevent movement. The correct term is anti-slip: the woven action-back on a commercial classroom rug creates friction that reduces movement

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Small Classroom Changes That Help Children Feel Ready to Learn

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Children often show you they’re not ready to learn before the lesson has properly begun. They hover by the door, fiddle with coats, forget the first instruction or spend five minutes finding the pencil that was in their hand. These moments can look like poor behaviour when they may be signs that the room has not helped them settle into the task.

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6 Travel Kit Essentials for Sensory-Sensitive Children

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Before the bags are zipped, many parents are already thinking about the parts of travel their child finds hardest, from engine noise and bright stations to unfamiliar toilets, scratchy seats and food that smells wrong. The destination may be exciting, but the journey can ask a lot from a child who notices every sound, texture and change.

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The Multi-Column Rug That Runs Itself

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Most circle-time rugs ask children to find a dot and sit on it. A few rugs, almost by accident, teach something while they do it. The difference is rarely the picture on the floor. It is the structure underneath the picture, and whether a teacher can put that structure to work without printing a single label.

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How Handwriting Builds Attention, Memory, And Learning

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Handwriting may seem less important in a time when many children use tablets, laptops, and other digital devices for schoolwork. Yet research continues to show that writing by hand plays an important role in learning. The process of forming letters, words, and sentences helps children focus, remember information, and build stronger academic skills. While technology remains a valuable classroom tool, handwriting continues to support brain development in ways that can benefit children throughout their education.

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The School Support Professionals Who Make the Biggest Difference for Students in Crisis

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Schools are dealing with a level of student need that would have been difficult to imagine even a decade ago. Anxiety, trauma, housing instability, family disruption, and mental health emergencies now affect classrooms at every grade level.

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Carpet is 10 times more efficient at reducing noise than hard flooring. But the cheap rugs teachers often buy to save money don't deliver the acoustic, air quality, or safety benefits that commercial-grade classroom rugs do. Here is what the research actually shows

Do Classroom Rugs Reduce Noise?

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Carpet is 10 times more efficient at reducing noise than hard flooring. But the cheap rugs teachers often buy to save money don’t deliver the acoustic, air quality, or safety benefits that commercial-grade classroom rugs do. Here is what the research actually shows

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