Do you have a child in your early childhood classroom who:
<ul>
<li>Climbs on top of furniture and jumps off? </li>
<li>Covers his ears when children are singing? </li>
<li>Refuses to touch clay, paint, or sand? </li>
<li>Often falls down and skins her knees? </li>
<li>Refuses to play on outdoor playground equipment? </li>
</ul>
If so, it is possible the child is having sensory processing problems. How can you help children with these problems so they can enjoy learning and grow in positive ways? Sensory Integration helps you identify children who have difficulties with sensory processing, and it offers simple, easy-to-use solutions to support the sensory needs of young children in the preschool classroom. Easy-to-implement solutions include adaptations and activities for children with different types of Sensory Processing Disorder. This book has a bonus chapter with instructions for creating low-cost items to help children with sensory issues.
Chapters cover concepts such as:
<ul>
<li>Explaining Sensory Integration and Sensory Processing Disorder </li>
<li>Defining sensory avoiders, seekers, and under-responders </li>
<li>Designing the environment to support the sensory development of all children </li>
<li>Helping preschoolers with sensory processing problems </li>
<li>Providing practical solutions to meet the needs of individual children during daily routines </li>
<li>Building and creating low-cost items such as a tire swing, sand pillow, and incline board to give children opportunities to get the sensory input they need </li>
</ul>

Sensory Integration: A Guide for Preschool Teachers

Parenting & Relationships

Isbell, Christy

Isbell, Rebecca

Parenting

Gryphon House

Fun activities to develop the fine motor skills preschoolers need for school success!
Teachers know how important it is to develop children's fine motor skills as a stepping stone to future learning, and Mighty Fine Motor Fun provides you with the tools and information you need to teach fine motor skills to children ages 3 to 5.
The activities in Mighty Fine Motor Fun are organized by age; they are useful and creative, but most important, they are fun! With few materials needed, the activities are perfect for both large and small groups and are easy to integrate into any curriculum.
Activities include:
<ul>
<li>Moving Bubbles</li>
<li>Hide-and-Seek Playdough</li>
<li>Tape It Up!</li>
<li>Shape Person</li>
<li>Itsy Bitsy Writing Utensils</li>
<li>Paper Mobile</li>
<li>And many more!</li>
</ul>
In the final chapter of the book, author and occupational therapist Christy Isbell answers questions from real preschool teachers, including:
<ul>
<li>Should preschoolers use "fat" or "skinny" pencils?</li>
<li>What type of paper is best for cutting?</li>
<li>When should a child use an adult-like grasp of the pencil?</li>
</ul>
Teachers will appreciate the practical, real-world knowledge Isbell offers, and children will love the playful, absorbing activities!

Mighty Fine Motor Fun: Fine Motor Activities for Young Children

Education & Teaching

Schools & Teaching

Develop the fine motor skills your child needs for school success! Fine motor skills are a stepping-stone for school readiness, and Everyday Play gives you the tools you need to make developing those skills easy and fun! Organized by age for easy reference, the dozens of creative activities in Everyday Play are inexpensive, require few or no materials, and are easy to do with your child. Best of all, they give you and your child great ways to have fun while laying the foundation for important fine motor skills that your child needs for school. Activities include: · No-Mess Finger Painting · Marble Painting · Racing Tracks · Squeezy Water Play · Graph Paper Art · Water Droppers Holding a pencil, drawing a line, zipping a coat—Everyday Play helps your child accomplish all these milestones and more. With a chapter of frequently asked questions from real parents, developmental guidelines, and easy strategies for teaching your child important skills, Everyday Play is the book you need to ensure your child is ready for school.

Everyday Play: Fun Games to Develop the Fine Motor Skills Your Child Needs for School

Family Activities

All you ever needed to know about 32 learning centers is included in this comprehensive book. Clear illustrations provide a layout of each center with suggestions on setting up the classroom environment. Each center includes an introduction, learning objectives, letter to the parents, related vocabulary, and a web of integrated learning diagramming the spectrum of curriculum areas taught.

The Complete Learning Center Book: An Illustrated Guide to 32 Different Early Childhood Learning Centers

The authors have compiled the best tips and tricks of expert storytellers and teachers in a single book. Through retelling of 18 well-loved children's stories, teachers and parents can capture the attention and imagination of young children. It's easy to use: just read the story, noting the hints and tips (when to raise your voice or make funny face). Then put the book away, pick up the accompanying outline with important story points, and spin your tale! Extend the story with dozens of activities specially created to fit each story.

Tell It Again!

Raines, Shirley C.

The authors of Tell It Again! have once again drawn on the expertise of outstanding storytellers and teachers for this eagerly awaited new volume. Engage young children's minds and capture their undivided attention with 16 more stories, complete with storytelling tips and new activities. The storytelling tips bring the stories to life, while the activities expand and enhance each tale. The book is easy to use: just read the story, noting the hints and tips for dramatic effect. Then put the book away, pick up the accompanying story outline, and weave your spell! When the tale is over, teach and involve your audience by using any of the activities that have been specially created to fit every story. With Tell It Again!2 teachers and parents will encourage listening, communication, imagination, and problem solving through the power of the story.

Tell It Again! 2: More Easy-to-Tell Stories with Activities for Young Children

Children's Books

The classroom environment is a vital part of child's learning experience. Early Learning Environments that Work! explores how to manipulate furniture, color, materials, storage, lighting, and more to encourage learning through classroom arrangement. Each chapter gives you detailed illustrations and photographs to help you set up or arrange what you already have in the classroom.

Early Learning Environments That Work

Exelby, Betty

Exelby, Gary

Fill your classroom with playful learning spaces specially designed for infants and toddlers using these easy-to-implement ideas. This comprehensive book includes ideas for planning, using, and evaluating age-appropriate learning spaces, such as "I See", "I Move," and "I Hear". Information for each learning space is complete with detailed illustrations of the layout of the space, learning objectives, lists of props, age-appropriate activities, literacy connections, and vocabulary lists. This book is essential for every infant and toddler program.

COMPLETE LEARNING SPACES BOOK FOR INFANTS & TODDLERS (Gryphon House)

Delmar/Cengage Learning

This book invites all children to learn and play in learning centers. Research has clearly shown that play in centers helps young children learn language, develop social skills, and enhance cognitive understanding. Children with special needs can actively participate and use materials that interest them. This stimulates brain connections in young children.
This book includes: 
<ul>
<li>31 practical and appropriate learning centers to use with young children with special needs.</li>
<li>Learning objectives, materials needed, vocabulary enrichment, literacy connections, drawings of center layouts, activities, and evaluation methods are included for each center.</li>
<li>Specific adaptations to the environment so each activity will work effectively for children with a variety of special needs.</li>
<li>Specific suggestions for the following categories of special needs: speech and language problems, Autism Spectrum Disorder, physical challenges, developmental and/or cognitive delays, behavioral challenges, and visual challenges.</li>
<li>Opportunities to promote all areas of development in young children, including language, gross motor, fine motor, social-emotional, cognitive, and self-care.</li>
<li>Open-ended activities, allowing children of different abilities and challenges to work side-by-side. For example, a child who has a speech and language delay may work alongside a child who is more advanced in vocabulary and communication. In this environment, both children gain, as they listen, interact, and adjust.</li>
</ul>
This book provides teachers with valuable information so they can use centers effectively with children who have special needs in the classroom. By using the adaptations, teachers will be able to work to meet the individualized needs of each young child. This book considers specific learning objectives and evaluation methods that are appropriate for each child. The recommendations provided are designed to assist teachers in the development of Individualized Education Plans (IEPs) for preschoolers with special needs.

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