The importance of matching instructional resources, teaching activities and children’s developmental levels is that to support individual children’s development, learning and thriving in the inclusive classroom is first to support sensory engagement, in which “Sensory engagement supports child exploration, attention, and interactions.” (Darragh, 2010, p.364) To support a child’s sensory environment, an educator needs to pay attention to a child’s sensory needs and not to overstimulate or under stimulate their sensory needs. Make sure there is a sensory environment that meets “low levels of stimulation during quiet times and more active forms of stimulation during periods of exploration” (Darragh, 2010, p.365) such as for quiet times a
