Sensory Path Resource Center

We’re pleased to provide you with our Sensory Path Resource Center, your source for all things sensory related! Here, we will answer questions like "What is a sensory path?", "What is sensory play?", "How can I update my sensory path?", and so much more! Learn about what a sensory path is and how your school, playground, or community can benefit from having sensory activities anywhere.

For over a decade now, we’ve helped thousands of schools and communities create indoor, outdoor and portable activities used for sensory pathways, sensory trails, sensory hallways, and sensory walks. All of our sensory products have been developed with special education teachers, adapted physical educators, occupational therapists, and/ or passionate parents.

Fit and Fun indoor sensory path decals, Super Stickers®, and outdoor sensory path stencil kits are 100% designed, made, and packaged in the USA. Learn more about the benefits of using high-quality 3M materials for the indoor sensory path and reusability of using our outdoor stencils and paints.

What is a sensory path?

What is sensory play?

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How can I update my sensory path?

Sensory paths and sensory play are a natural part of a child’s day. Children and students all over the world are being flooded with a variety of sensory stimuli across the host of different environments that they encounter each and every day. These experiences are part of a continuous series of "sensory pathways" that help them learn about their environment, what is expected of them, and how they are supposed to interact with the broader world around them.

Sadly, many children’s sensory pathways, and ultimately their sensory systems of the body, are simply not challenged enough. If the sensory system is under-stimulated, our bodies often seek out ways to find stimulation to satisfy that need. In children, this sensory-seeking behavior often manifests in tantrums, crying, hyperactivity, and more.

Providing a comprehensive approach to, and ensuring that, children have ample opportunities to engage in daily physical activity (by increasing opportunities to experience new sensory pathways) is critical to their development. When sensory paths are created in a meaningful and thoughtful way, they can contribute to a child’s overall health and daily well-being.

Fit and Fun Playscapes can help you with intentional products that use evidence-based practices like physical activity and visual cues, to create environments that help your neurodiverse kiddos. Our products draw upon decades of experience in the adapted pe, sensory integration, and occupational therapy fields to make tools that use a special formula of colors, patterns, and sequences. This "balance" of visual input gives kiddos just the right amount of stimuli to help them regulate in dynamic settings.

Fit and Fun Playscapes collaborates with many experts across a diverse range of fields to provide your with quality, well-researched products. Our unique and innovative development process gives you access to high-quality products based on the collective experience of our team as well as offering free resources on sensory related topics.

Expert Help & Resources

The below articles are written by Dr. Timothy D. Davis, CAPE, (Certified Adapted Physical Educator), Associate Professor, SUNY Cortland, Department of Physical Education, and Founder and Director of the Sensory Integration/Motor Sensory (SIMS) Movement Exploration Center at SUNY Cortland. Dr. Tim is also our senior educational consultant.

Understanding The Sensory System And The Importance Of “Sensory Pathways”

The Science Behind the Senses

Sensory Essentials: Vestibular/Tactical/Proprioception Senses

Difficulty with Self-Regulation and the Importance of Sensory Motor Skills

Providing Additional Sensory Motor Opportunities by Enhancing Sensory Pathway