Table to grade textures presented in play for children with tactile sensitivity

Easy	→	→	Challenging
Firm and dry	Soft and dry	Wet	Wet and sticky
Dry textures fall away, and the child can control contact with the texture. No brushing or wiping needed.	Dry textures that mostly fall away, some particles or bits may stick to the hand. Brushing residue required to break contact.	Wet textures that maintain contact with the hand but the child can easily break contact with the texture. Needs wiping to break contact with texture.	Wet textures that stick to the hand and the child has least control when breaking contact with the texture. Needs repeated wiping to break residue away.
Examples include: Skips, Wotsits broken pancakes cereals – cornflakes, rice krispies, cocoa pops uncooked noodles (hard) raw vegetables (either whole or in chunks).	Examples include: icing sugar cocoa powder dry Angel Delight mix dry porridge oats granulated sugar sherbert cake decorations – hundreds and thousands, strands.	Examples include: water cooked noodles cooked lentils cooked pasta/ spaghetti cooked rice jelly mashed potato ice cubes yoghurt baked beans.	Examples include: melted chocolate mashed banana Angel Delight cooked porridge ice cream tinned spaghetti, chocolate spread jam, lemon curd, ketchup sweet and sour sauce.

Dry, hard textures fall away so the child can control contact with the texture.

Dry textures that mostly fall away, some particles or bits may stick to the hand.

Wet textures that stick to the hand but the child can easily break contact with the textures (for example, by lightly wiping).

Wet textures that stick to the hand and the child has least control when breaking contact with the texture (for example, by repeatedly wiping).

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