Sensory Motor Activities for Early Development

A Practical Resource

Chia Swee Hong, Heidi Rumford

• Publisher: Routledge
• Year: 2020
• eBook ISBN: 9781000088465
• Edition: 2
• Topic: Education
• Subtopic: Education General

Sensory motor activities are crucial for children to learn from their environment. Bridging the gap between theory and practice, this revised edition is a complete package of tried-and-tested sensory motor activities for children, covering basic movements, interoception, sensory and body awareness and early visual perceptual skills.

Providing an overview of the sensory systems, the authors offer practical strategies for parents/carers and practitioners to link knowledge to practice when communicating and engaging with a child. The authors present both familiar and novel activity ideas, explaining how they provide sensory stimulation to the relevant sensory systems and may help to support the child's development, sensory processing and regulation levels. New material includes:

• greater emphasis on understanding the sensory systems and how they link to the activities
• a brand new chapter on interoception
• revised recording methods, including Goal Attainment Scaling as an outcome tool
• an expanded list of activities.

Sensory Motor Activities for Early Development, 2nd edition is an essential text for all parents/carers and practitioners who use sensory motor activities in a playful way to help the development of children with a range of needs. It will be valuable reading for those working with children who do not initiate movement, who require help with their movement, who need to refine their movement, who need encouragement or motivation to engage in purposeful movements, or those who need activities to provide sensory stimulation.

Table of contents

• Cover
• Half Title
• Title
• Copyright
• Dedication
• Contents
• About the authors
• List of figures
• List of tables
• Acknowledgements
• Introduction
• 1 Working with the child, parents/carers and practitioners
• 2 Introducing the sensory systems and interoception
• 3 Stimulating sensory and body awareness
• 4 Encouraging basic movement
• 5 Promoting hand skills
• 6 Enhancing spatial and early visual perceptual skills
• 7 Working in groups
• 8 Using creative activities
• References
• Bibliography
• Appendix A Selection of assessments
• Appendix B Sensory cooking, making a pizza (booklet)
• Appendix C Ideas for toys, games and suppliers
• Appendix D Apps, websites and online safety advice
• Index