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Acknowledgments
Contributors
Foreword by Trude Turnquist, PhD, OTR/L
Three Points About the Second Edition
1. Kids Gotta Move—Safely!
Envisioning the Out-of-Sync Child
What Is Sensory Processing?
What Is Sensory Processing Disorder (SPD)?
Sensory Integration Therapy
SAFE Activities Help Kids Get in Sync
“SAFE”: S ensory-motor, A ppropriate, F un, and E asy
Setting Up SAFE Activities
Do’s and Don’ts
The Seven Drops
2. Touch (The Tactile Sense)
Activities for the Tactile Sense
Messing Around with Un-Paint
Shaving Cream Car Wash
Slimy Shapes
Sand Dunes
Feely Shapes
Playdough
Heavy Hands
Hide-and-Seek with Little Toys
Simon Says, “Make My Supper!”
Touch Pantry
Paw Prints
Pretzel People
Holiday Ornaments
Magic Tissue Transfers
No-Mess Messy Play
Go Away, Glue!
Tactile Road
Dramatic Dress-Ups
Mummy Wrap
Hot Dog Roll
Splendor in the Grass
Nature Bracelet
Slurp Party
3. Balance and Movement (The Vestibular Sense)
Activities for the Vestibular Sense
T-Stool
Matthew’s Teeter-Totter
Tra La Trampoline
Barrel of Fun
Gentle Roughhousing
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
Swing, Bat, and Pitch
Batter for Batter • Swing and Kick • Earthquake
Voyage to Mars
Old Lady Sally
Sally Go Round the Sun
Looby Loo
4. Body Position (The Proprioceptive Sense)
Activities for the Proprioceptive Sense
Crash Pad
Inner Tube Sport
Bottle Babies
Fun with a Rope
Plastic Bag Kite
Paper Bag Kick Ball
My Backyard’s Clean
Pound Cookies
Hammer and Nails
Box Sweet Box
Positions, Everybody!
Stretchy Bands
Become a Butterfly
Fabric Tube Tricks
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
Jiggling on the Dryer
Body Length Guesstimation
Hold Up the Wall!
More Ideas for Proprioception
5. Seeing (The Visual Sense)
Activities for the Visual Sense
Pokin’ O’s
Schedule Board
Citrus Balls
Guesstimation with Objects
Beanbag Jai Alai
Go Fishing
Peanut Hunt
Billions of Boxes
Gutter Games
Cool and Colorful
Squirt Them Down
Metronome Code
Flashlight Tag
6. Hearing (The Auditory Sense)
Activities for the Auditory Sense
Slide Whistle Stretch
Hear, See, and Move
Paper Plate Dance
Tapping Tunes
Matching Sounds
Scale Songs
Jack and Jill
Musical Hoops
Holiday Rhymes
Fork and Cork Vibrations
Buh, Duh, Guh, Blow!
“WH” Questions
Bird Calls
7. Smelling (The Olfactory Sense) and Tasting (The Gustatory Sense)
Activities for the Olfactory and Gustatory Senses
Smell and Tell
Pomander
Smash and Smell
Scented Flash Cards
Smello
Taste and Tell
New Taste Sensations
Let Us Eat Lettuce
SAFE Activities for Sensory-Related Skills
8. Oral-Motor Skills
Activities for the Oral-Motor Skills
Chewy Necklace
Applesauce Through a Straw
Spirited Shepherds
Puffin’ Stuff
Magic Garden
Wind Competition
Blow Away Blues
Bubble Gum Blow
Pumpkin, Pumpkin
Kiss the Mirror
Dinosaur Morning
Jeff Cirillo’s Lucky Latté
9. Motor Planning
Activities for Motor Skills
Hands on Toes, Fingers on Nose
Shoe Box Path
Push-Me-Pull-You
Obstacle Course
Metronome Workout
Mrs. Midnight
10. Fine Motor Skills
Activities for Fine Motor Skills
Clothespin Togs
Bubble Wrap Burst
Toothpick Constructions
Squirting Race
Squeeze a Breeze
Bunny Ears
Tor-Pee-Do
Doodle-Doo
Piggy Toe Pick-Up
11. Bilateral Coordination and Crossing the Midline
Activities for Bilateral Coordination and Crossing the Midline
Fence Painting
Going on a Bear Hunt
Clapping Bubbles
Peanut Butter Jar
Marble Trails
Tire Trails
Beanbag Mania
More Activities
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
Recommended Materials
Activity Cross-Reference Chart
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