Add Yahoo as a preferred source to see more of our stories on Google. It’s no secret that hands-on learning and exploration is vital for a young child’s development. And sensory toys, in particular, ...

The latest excitement at the Boys and Girls Club in Portage is a room designed to calm people down. Club Director Adam Clough knelt in the darkened room, lifted a giant plush caterpillar from the ...

On a typical day at the Holyoke Children’s Museum, there is a hustle and bustle as small children run around role-playing as police officers and firefighters, flashing lights from a replica ambulance ...

Under the Waves is located on the first floor of the museum, behind doors that limit sound exposure from the museum. Marbles Kids Museum has opened a new sensory exploration exhibit. Under the Waves ...

The 13,000-square-foot center, which plans to be open daily, has spaces specially designed for neurodiverse children.

Kolton Kamauf walked through Norwin’s Hahntown Elementary School in North Huntingdon, where paintings and stickers on the hall floors and walls prompt him and other students to crab walk, touch images ...

Family outings are made all the more difficult when a member has a sensory sensitivity. A dark theater or bustling crowds can become overwhelming at best and tantrum-inducing at worst. Luckily, ...

On a hard morning, Andrea Fullmer reaches for the Play-Doh. Within minutes, her toddlers are squishing, rolling, and pressing tiny trinkets into brightly colored dough. The mood shifts. What could ...

SIOUX FALLS S.D. (KELO) — A new indoor kids gym aimed at creating a safe sensory environment for children on the spectrum is coming to Sioux Falls. We Rock the Spectrum kid’s gym is an international ...