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Book

Play to progress : lead your child to success using the power of sensory play

Call Number

  • 370.155 T557 (CEN)

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Publication Information

[New York] : TarcherPerigee, an imprint of Penguin Random House LLC, [2021]

Physical Description

xxiii, 242 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm

Summary

"A game-changing book on child development--and the importance of physical play--for this digital and screen age"--

Contents

  • Introduction: Sensory success
  • The sensory system
  • Meaningful movement : moving the body to engage the vestibular sense
  • Increasing body awareness : enhancing the proprioceptive sense
  • Getting in touch : strengthening tactile experience
  • Seeing clearly : honing the visual system
  • A little taste : waking up the gustatory system
  • Scent-sational : getting the olfactory system engaged
  • Sounds good! : getting the auditory system in sync
  • The sense inside the body : being aware of interoception
  • Making a plan : praxis in action
  • Power at the fingertips : building motor skills
  • A final word.

Subjects

Added Authors

Brian Lee