In this walkthrough, Grace, a fourth‑year kindergarten autism teacher, showcases the sensory gym added to her classroom’s autism program. She explains the purpose of the space—providing a structured sensory diet that supports student regulation and learning—and walks through each of the four sensory zones, describing the visual supports, equipment, and activities that guide both students and staff. The tour begins with an entry board featuring schedules, timers, an “I Feel” board, and visual cues stored in a wall pouch. The vestibular zone (pink mat) offers swings, a swing adapter, peanut balls, a spinny seat, and jungle jumparoo, with colored mats demarcating zones. The proprioception zone (purple mat) includes a crash pad, wall pushes, trampoline, tunnel, canoe boat, and weighted blankets/lap pads, plus a staff visual guide. The tactile zone features sensory texture boards, a light table with daily OT activities such as Magna‑Tiles, and a fish tank. The calming zone provides fidgets, Zones of Regulation posters, breath‑work prompts, a blackout tent, and a sequins wall. At the end of a sensory circuit, a visual cue and a button signal completion, allowing students to transition back to class. Grace invites viewers to share their own sensory room ideas, emphasizing the gym’s positive impact on the children.
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Take a look inside our sensory gym. Hey guys, my name is Grace and I am a 4th year kindergarten autism teacher, and this year we added a sensory gym into our autism program and we have been loving it. The kiddos have been loving it. It's been super beneficial and we're really proud of the progress we've made so far, so I want to share it with y'all and give you guys some inspiration if you guys are building your own sensory gym Or if you guys already have one, just some different activities and equipment that we currently have in ours to give you some inspiration, as well as how we have ours laid out and how kiddos are able to follow their sensory diet. So I'm going to turn you guys around and show you all what our sensory gym looks like. So here is an overview of our sensory gym, and we had a lot of help and input From our OT. So then right when you come in, there is this board right here, and it has some different visuals on it, as well as some sensory schedules that you can make for your kiddos. We also have timers, and then, um, we have this I Feel Board, as well as some extra visuals that stay in This pouch that's on the wall. So this first station is our pink center, which is known as our vestibular zone. And over here there's different choices that the kiddos or staff can make for the student's sensory schedule. And right now we currently have this swing adapter, and we have different swings that we can put up every day in this bin. We have some peanut balls, this spinny seat, and then one of these jungle jumparoos. And then we also try to put up some dividers just to kind of section off the room. One of my favorite visuals that we have is actually that the zones are separated by different colored mats, which is really helpful. So we oftentimes will tell students that you're staying on the black mat, or you can pick a choice on the black mat. So that's just another nice visual piece to our sensory gym. Coming over here, this is our proprioception zone, so zone number 2, also the purple mat zone. And over here we have a crash pad. We have some hands on the wall that students can put their hands on and do some wall pushes. We have a trampoline, a tunnel. Little canoe boat, and then some different weighted blankets and lap pads. And then it has this little sign over here just to kind of help staff that is running students through the sensory gym, um, with some different activities that they can do. Nice visual, um, for staff as well. Moving along, we have zone number 3, which is our tactile zone. There are some different Sensory boards up on the wall that have different textures to them that the kiddos can rub. We also have a light table with different activities that our OT gets out every day. One of them that the kiddos did today was Magna-Tiles, and then they could make matches. And these are all Halloween themed, so here is the bat. And then again, here is the visual zone visual with the choices that students or staff can make for this zone. And then we also have a fish tank right here that the kiddos love to look at. We also back here have a calming zone, and this has some different choices that students can make. They're in the calming zone, so we have some different fidgets. We have the Zones of Regulation posters. We have a take a breath activity, and then this little blackout tent that students love to sit in and read a book or play with the fidgets, as well as this sequins wall. Once students are finished with their sensory circuit, we have this little visual right here that says the sensory gym is all done, time to go to class. And then we even have a button that students can hit that says all done. Anyways, that is a completed sensory room tour. We are so excited to have this additional space this year to better serve our kiddos in our program. We've been loving it. Leave a comment down below some of your personal favorite sensory room activities that your kiddos seem to enjoy or help regulate your students best. Thanks so much for watching, and I will see you all later. Bye guys!
