Seasonal Activities for Sensorimotor Development

This book contains easy-to-use activities for therapists, educators and carers to provide fun and engaging sensorimotor groups for students with movement and sensory dysfunction.

• The activities span an entire year with a different main activity for each week. Themed by season, the activities can be linked to the school year and incorporated into the classroom.
• The activities promote socialisation, postural strengthening, improvement of gross and fine motor skills, and self-regulation of the body.
• Comprehensive instructions on how to run a group are included, as well as benefits and adaptations for severely affected individuals and wheelchair users.
• There are sensory-regulating warm-up appetizers to increase body awareness and prepare the students for movement; main course activities to strengthen fine and gross motor skills; and cool-down desserts to regulate the body and assimilate benefits gained during group activities.

The activities are suitable for use with any school-age students, including those without movement difficulties, but are especially beneficial for students with mild to moderate motor disabilities, who exhibit increased difficulty functioning in a group setting.

Age: 7+

Reviews

"Impressed with the breadth of ideas... clearly set out... would also help provide ideas for other curriculum areas."
Frank Wise Special School, Banbury

Chapters

• Introduction
• Working with different kinds of Groups
• Influence of the sensory system on motor control
• How to use this book
• Appetisers or warm-up activities
• Main courses or main activities (January - December)
• Desserts or cool-down activities.