The Sensory Activities Laboratory

Sight, touch, taste and smell

Jackie Cooke

Touching and manipulating remain important ways of interacting with the environment throughout life: taste and smell also play a key role in learning about the world. However, the contribution of these senses is often overlooked. This handbook is aimed at anyone working with young children or those with language disorders related to learning disabilities, intellectual and physical disabilities, or sensory deficits. It proposes a structured series of sensory activities, from the most common to the most unusual. It is offered as an original educational program aimed at developing, refining and bringing under cognitive/linguistic control the primary sensory modalities (with the exception of hearing).For children with severe deficits, who are only able to attend almost passively, the activities proposed in this volume will represent a playful moment, provide specific stimuli and induce them to place themselves in relationship with the adult. More active children, on the other hand, will try to explore objects, choose what to play with, and make attempts at communication. The activities can also be used with older or more able-bodied children to help them learn proper vocabulary.For the most part, the recommended activities are simple games, some of which do not require that the adult be present; others involve the use of common materials and objects; still others are movement games or to be played in large, equipped spaces (inflatable pools, slides, tunnels, etc.).

Topic

Group workshops and activities > 5 senses and manipulation

Format: 21x29.7

Pages: 147

ISBN: 978-88-7946-277-8

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