Attention Games 101 Fun, Easy Games That Help Kids Learn To Focus

by Sher, Barbara; Butler, Ralph

• ISBN13: 9780471736547
• ISBN10: 0471736546
• Edition: 1st
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2006-07-18
• Publisher: Jossey-Bass

Summary

If you want to focus children's attention, you first have to capture their interest. Attention Games is filled with interesting and child-tested activities that can help children of all ages become better at focusing and paying attention. By sharing the upbeat, joyful activities in Attention Games, you can enhance your child's intelligence, boost his confidence, increase his ability to concentrate on one thing for long periods, and show that you care. Developed by Barbara Sherparent, teacher, play therapy specialist and pediatric occupational therapistthese activities are specially designed to encourage kids to expand their powers of attention in ways that will help them throughout their lives.

Author Biography

BARBARA SHER, M.A., O.T.R., conducts workshops for parents, teachers, therapists, and children around the world. She is the author of Smart Play: 101 Fun, Easy Games that Enhance Intelligence (Wiley), Self-esteem Games: 300 Fun Activities That Make Children Feel Good about Themselves (Wiley), and Spirit Games: 300 Fun Activities That Bring Children Comfort and Joy (Wiley).

Table of Contents

Introduction	1	(4)
How to Contact the Author	5	(2)
PART ONE Games for Infants	7	(38)
Follow My Face	9	(2)
Stick Out Your Tongue	11	(2)
The Glory of Hands	13	(1)
Sock on a Bottle	14	(1)
Perfect Rattles	15	(2)
First Exercises	17	(4)
Visually Amused	21	(1)
A Light Touch	22	(2)
Can You Hear What I Hear?	24	(2)
A Very Merry Unbirthday	26	(1)
Pokey Pudding Hole	27	(1)
Dangling Toys	28	(3)
Bat the Ball	31	(1)
High Chair Fling	32	(2)
Ice Cube on a Tray	34	(1)
If It Doesn't Hurt—It's a Toy	35	(2)
A Spotlight in the Dark	37	(2)
What's out There?	39	(2)
Where'd It Go?	41	(4)
PART TWO Games for 1- to 3-Year-Olds	45	(26)
Bracelet of Leaves	47	(1)
The Enchantment of Water	48	(1)
Follow the Floating Feather	49	(1)
The Knocking Game	50	(1)
Ping-Pong Balls and Coffee Cans	51	(2)
Surprise Me	53	(1)
The Feely Game	54	(1)
What Is That Sound?	55	(2)
From Beginning to End	57	(2)
Being a Radio	59	(1)
Catch a Falling Scarf	60	(1)
Instant Picture	61	(1)
You've Got Mail	62	(1)
Kaleidoscope	63	(1)
Magnet Hunt	64	(2)
Put a Lid on It	66	(1)
Ooh—Smell This!	67	(2)
What's in the Sock?	69	(2)
PART THREE Games for 3- to 6-Year-Olds	71	(38)
My Story Is the Best Story	73	(1)
Another Viewpoint	74	(2)
Art de Deux	76	(1)
Batting Practice	77	(1)
The Happening Book	78	(2)
Lessons from the Rocks	80	(1)
Mismatched Tea Party	81	(3)
Plenty Peanut Hunt	84	(1)
Regroup Time	85	(2)
Shadow Games	87	(1)
Deck of Cards	88	(1)
Hand on Top	89	(1)
How Many?	90	(1)
Indoor Picture Hunt	91	(1)
Mexican Yo-Yo	92	(2)
Mini-Montessori	94	(3)
Going on a Monster Hunt	97	(2)
Paint the World	99	(1)
The Perfect Gifts	100	(4)
Sounds Right	104	(1)
Word Matching	105	(4)
PART FOUR Games for 6- to 12-Year-Olds	109	(34)
All the Things You Can Think Of	111	(1)
Back Writing	112	(1)
Belly Counts	113	(1)
Expanding Interest	114	(2)
Focused Fidgeting	116	(1)
Guess How Old	117	(2)
How Do You Look?	119	(1)
Junk Box Art	120	(1)
Name the Sounds	121	(1)
Navigator	122	(1)
Police Report	123	(2)
Ring of String	125	(1)
Shelf Paper Story	126	(1)
Thinking Box	127	(2)
I'm the Teacher	129	(1)
My Mind Is a TV Screen	130	(2)
Paper Plethora	132	(1)
Potato Puppets	133	(2)
Sensory Matching	135	(2)
Tile Painting	137	(1)
Backwards Time Management	138	(2)
Toe Stepping	140	(1)
Toothpick Art	141	(2)
PART FIVE Games for Teens	143	(32)
Accentuate the Positive	145	(1)
Achy Breaky Heart	146	(1)
Annoyed with the Flower Bud	147	(2)
Five Good Moments	149	(1)
Getting the Priorities	150	(2)
My Special Things	152	(1)
I'm Like That Sometimes	153	(2)
Imagine That!	155	(1)
Send Joy to Bulgaria	156	(2)
Life Is a Movie, and You Are the Star!	158	(2)
List Your Options	160	(2)
Name the Consequences	162	(2)
Postcard Diaries	164	(1)
Scriptwriter	165	(1)
Self-Portraits	166	(1)
Ten Breaths	167	(2)
The Home Videographer	169	(1)
Waiter, Take My Order	170	(2)
Flip-Flop Stamps	172	(1)
Word Puzzles	173	(2)
Index	175