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