Daytime Sensory Routine PDF!
$8
Daily Sensory Routine Poster for Sensory Seekers
A Visual Guide for Proactive Regulation Throughout the Day (Bonus Educational Video Included)
Support your sensory-seeking child with a simple, OT-designed sensory routine you can use anytime during the day. Created by a pediatric occupational therapist, this activity poster shows you exactly how to meet sensory needs proactively—before dysregulation, overwhelm, or meltdowns occur.
This visual guide walks you through a brain-based sensory sequence that helps your child move from high energy to a more organized and regulated state, supporting focus, participation, and smoother transitions during daily activities.
By layering movement, organizing input, and calming strategies, you’ll help your child’s nervous system feel balanced, supported, and ready for everyday tasks.
Why This Works for Sensory Seekers
Sensory seekers need intentional input across the day, not just when things feel hard. This poster helps you:
• Release excess energy through purposeful movement
• Organize the brain and body for attention and engagement
• Support calm and regulation without pressure or power struggles
Families often notice:
• Improved regulation during daily routines
• Easier transitions between activities
• Increased focus and participation
• More connection and cooperation
How to Use the Poster
Follow the traffic-light sensory system:
Red – Meet Sensory Needs
Choose 1 activity that provides movement and heavy-work input.
Yellow – Organize the Mind & Body
Choose 1 activity that supports coordination and regulation.
Green – Calm the Mind & Body
Choose 1 activity that supports a calm, regulated state.
If your child still needs support regulating, repeat another green activity. Use this sequence before transitions, after school, during play breaks, or anytime your child needs support regulating.
This purchase includes an educational video:
This chart now includes access to a short educational video created by Courtney English, pediatric occupational therapist, to help you get the most out of the routine.
In the video, you’ll learn:
• how nervous system regulation works within use of the chart
• why children seek movement or sensory input during the day
• how to use the chart to help your child organize their brain and body
*Digital Download – Instant Access
This product is a digital download designed to support your child’s regulation and daily routines.
No physical item will be shipped.
After purchase, you’ll receive immediate access to downloadable files that you can view, save, and print for personal use.
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This product may not be reproduced, redistributed, or resold in any form.
Jewel
Thank you so so much for this resource! As a busy mom to a four and two year old who have high sensory needs (high energy) and need help regulating emotions, I am loving your flow charts and how they helps us apply what I have been learning into our daily routines. Helps get it from my brain into our schedule! I truly can't thank you enough! We are all loving our first days of the sequence activities and I look forward to seeing this play out for my kids!