ABSTRACT
Children with speech and language problems are sometimes undersensitive with regard to their sense of touch and their proprioceptive sense. The sense of touch processes sensations that occur through touching skin or mucous membranes in order for us to feel that touch. Proprioception refers to sensory information that, at all points in time, tells our brain when and to what extent our muscles are contracting or extending, and when and to what extent our joints are bending, stretching, or are being pulled or pushed. Proprioception also makes it possible for our brains constantly to register the position of each and every body part, and how each part is moving. The following games aim to help improve the senses of touch and proprioception and, as a result, speech and language skills: Blind touch, Holiday souvenir, Vegetable harvest, Fruit memory, Fruit thieves, Hedgehog walk, Full or empty, The four seasons, Molly the cat, Riding a bike, Chicks and vultures, and Bird feathers.
