The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder

by Kranowitz, Carol

• ISBN13: 9780399532719
• ISBN10: 0399532714
• Edition: Revised
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-08-01
• Publisher: PENGUIN

Summary

The first accessible guide to examine Sensory Processing Disorder, The Out-of-Sync Child touched the hearts and lives of thousands of families. Carol Stock Kranowitz continues her significant work with this companion volume, which presents more than one hundred playful activities specially designed for kids with SPD.

Author Biography

Carol Stock Kranowitz, M.A., is a leading author in the Special Needs Parenting area. She has been a music, movement, and drama teacher for more than 20 years, and is the author of The Out-of-Sync Child, which the New York Times called "the parents' bible to Sensory Processing Disorder." She speaks widely about sensory problems in children.

Table of Contents

Acknowledgments	p. xiii
Contributors	p. xv
Foreword	p. xxi
Three Points About the Second Edition	p. xxiv
Kids Gotta Move-Safely!	p. 1
Envisioning the Out-of-Sync Child	p. 2
What Is Sensory Processing?	p. 3
What Is Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)?	p. 4
Sensory Integration Therapy	p. 7
SAFE Activities Help Kids Get in Sync	p. 8
"SAFE": Sensory-motor, Appropriate, Fun, and Easy	p. 9
Setting Up SAFE Activities	p. 12
Do's and Don'ts	p. 13
The Seven Drops	p. 17
SAFE Activities for Sensory Systems
Touch (The Tactile Sense)	p. 23
Activities for the Tactile Sense	p. 26
Messing Around with Un-Paint	p. 26
Shaving Cream Car Wash
Slimy Shapes
Sand Dunes
Feely Shapes
Playdough	p. 32
Heavy Hands	p. 34
Hide-and-Seek with Little Toys	p. 35
Simon Says, "Make My Supper!"	p. 37
Touch Pantry	p. 38
Paw Prints	p. 39
Pretzel People	p. 40
Holiday Ornaments	p. 42
Magic Tissue Transfers	p. 43
No-Mess Messy Play	p. 44
Go Away, Glue!	p. 45
Tactile Road	p. 46
Dramatic Dress-Ups	p. 48
Mummy Wrap	p. 49
Hot Dog Roll	p. 51
Splendor in the Grass	p. 53
Nature Bracelet	p. 55
Slurp Party	p. 56
Balance and Movement (The Vestibular Sense)	p. 58
Activities for the Vestibular Sense	p. 62
T-Stool	p. 62
Matthew's Teeter-Totter	p. 64
Tra La Trampoline	p. 65
Barrel of Fun	p. 66
Gentle Roughhousing	p. 69
Rowboat
Fishing Boat
Airplane
Horsey
This Is the Way the Lady Rides
Fox and Gingerbread Man
Wheelbarrow Walk
Piggyback Ride
Double Dancer
Upsy-Daisy Cottontail
The Laundromat Game	p. 74
Swing, Bat, and Pitch	p. 76
Batter for Batter
Swing and Kick
Earthquake
Voyage to Mars	p. 79
Old Lady Sally	p. 81
Sally Go Round the Sun	p. 83
Looby Loo	p. 85
Body Position (The Proprioceptive Sense)	p. 87
Activities for the Proprioceptive Sense	p. 89
Crash Pad	p. 89
Inner Tube Sport	p. 91
Bottle Babies	p. 93
Fun with a Rope	p. 95
Plastic Bag Kite	p. 98
Paper Bag Kick Ball	p. 99
My Backyard's Clean	p. 101
Pound Cookies	p. 102
Hammer and Nails	p. 103
Box Sweet Box	p. 105
Positions, Everybody!	p. 107
Stretchy Bands	p. 108
Become a Butterfly	p. 111
Fabric Tube Tricks	p. 112
The Crawl
The Creep
Rockabye Baby
Bump and Guess
Knee or Elbow?
Touchy Feely
The Puzzle Piece
Push That Ball!
Tunnel Obstacle Course
The Shopping Game	p. 116
Jiggling on the Dryer	p. 118
Body Length Guesstimation	p. 119
Hold Up the Wall!	p. 121
More Ideas for Proprioception	p. 123
Seeing (The Visual Sense)	p. 126
Activities for the Visual Sense	p. 128
Pokin' O's	p. 128
Schedule Board	p. 128
Citrus Balls	p. 131
Guesstimation with Objects	p. 133
Beanbag Jai Alai	p. 134
Go Fishing	p. 136
Peanut Hunt	p. 137
Billions of Boxes	p. 139
Gutter Games	p. 141
Cool and Colorful	p. 143
Squirt Them Down	p. 144
Metronome Code	p. 145
Flashlight Tag	p. 147
Hearing (The Auditory Sense)	p. 150
Activities for the Auditory Sense	p. 152
Slide Whistle Stretch	p. 152
Hear, See, and Move	p. 154
Paper Plate Dance	p. 157
Tapping Tunes	p. 159
Matching Sounds	p. 161
Scale Songs	p. 162
Jack and Jill	p. 166
Musical Hoops	p. 168
Holiday Rhymes	p. 169
Fork and Cork Vibrations	p. 171
Buh, Duh, Guh, Blow!	p. 172
"WH" Questions	p. 174
Bird Calls	p. 178
Smelling (The Olfactory Sense) and Tasting (The Gustatory Sense)	p. 181
Activities for the Olfactory and Gustatory Senses	p. 184
Smell and Tell	p. 184
Pomander	p. 186
Smash and Smell	p. 187
Scented Flash Cards	p. 188
Smello	p. 190
Taste and Tell	p. 192
New Taste Sensations	p. 193
Let Us Eat Lettuce	p. 197
SAFE Activities for Sensory-Related Skills
Oral-Motor Skills	p. 203
Activities for the Oral-Motor Skills	p. 207
Chewy Necklace	p. 207
Applesauce Through a Straw	p. 209
Spirited Shepherds	p. 210
Puffin' Stuff	p. 211
Magic Garden	p. 213
Wind Competition	p. 216
Blow Away Blues	p. 217
Bubble Gum Blow	p. 219
Pumpkin, Pumpkin	p. 219
Kiss the Mirror	p. 221
Dinosaur Morning	p. 222
Jeff Cirillo's Lucky Latte	p. 225
Motor Planning	p. 227
Activities for Motor Skills	p. 229
Hands on Toes, Fingers on Nose	p. 229
Shoe Box Path	p. 231
Push-Me-Pull-You	p. 232
Obstacle Course	p. 236
Metronome Workout	p. 242
Mrs. Midnight	p. 244
Fine Motor Skills	p. 247
Activities for Fine Motor Skills	p. 250
Clothespin Togs	p. 250
Bubble Wrap Burst	p. 252
Toothpick Constructions	p. 253
Squirting Race	p. 254
Squeeze a Breeze	p. 255
Bunny Ears	p. 257
Tor-Pee-Do	p. 258
Doodle-Doo	p. 259
Piggy Toe Pick-Up	p. 260
Bilateral Coordination and Crossing the Midline	p. 262
Activities for Bilateral Coordination and Crossing the Midline	p. 266
Fence Painting	p. 266
Going on a Bear Hunt	p. 266
Clapping Bubbles	p. 269
Peanut Butter Jar	p. 270
Marble Trails	p. 272
Tire Trails
Beanbag Mania	p. 274
Appendix
More Activities	p. 277
Pink Silk
Zen Garden
Squeezit!
Vowel Movement
Jump and Bounce
The Sensory Robot
On Top of the World
Wrestling Moves
Rubber Band Ball
Down the Tube
Sensory Symphony
Mystery Movement Dice Game
Video Game Obstacle Course
Sensory Scavenger Hunt
Yoga Trio
Glossary	p. 302
Recommended Materials	p. 307
Activity Cross-Reference Chart	p. 322
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