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Table of Contents

Preface xiii

Acknowledgments xv

Introduction 1

CHAPTER 1 Understanding Sensory Processing Issues 9

CHAPTER 2 How the Games Help Sensory Processing Challenges 19

CHAPTER 3 Social Gross Motor Games 51

  • A Kid Sandwich 51
  • Are You My Mummy? 54
  • Balloon Baseball 55
  • Blanket Ride 57
  • Boat Ride 59
  • Box Ride 61
  • Going Through the Tunnel of Legs 63
  • Hammock Swing 65
  • Hit the Homemade Piñata 67
  • "I'm Here!" 69
  • Jump to Colors 71
  • Leap the Shoes 73
  • Massages 75
  • Name Game 77
  • Obstacle Course 79
  • Races 82
  • Rolling Children 83
  • RurRurRurRurRUN! 85
  • Sausage Roll (or Sushi Wrap, Hot Dog, Burrito . . . ) 86
  • Scarf Toss 89
  • Shape Targets 90
  • Stack the Cans 92
  • Stop and Go 94
  • Target Games 96
  • Throw the Balls into the Box 98
  • Throwing into the Tubes 101
  • Throwing Through the Tube 103
  • Tug-of-War 105
  • Walk with Rhythm 106
  • We Are Rocking 109
  • Who Is This? 111
  • Who's in the Box? 112
  • Wiggling Snake 114

CHAPTER 4 Social Fine Motor Games 117

  • Bingo Game 117
  • Bubble Blowing 119
  • Cereal Box Puzzles 121
  • Cereal Necklace 123
  • Colored Slots 125
  • Drawing Faces 127
  • Dump and Fill 128
  • Eyedropper Squirts 130
  • Feather Blowing 132
  • Listening Game 134
  • Lost in Rice 135
  • Penny Flick 137
  • Point to the Cup 139
  • Pudding Party 141
  • Secret Message 142
  • Sink the Boat 144
  • Smelling Game 146
  • Sound Makers 147
  • Straw Sucking 149
  • Styrofoam Hammering 151
  • Tile Painting 153
  • Toothpick Treats 155
  • What’s in the Sock? 156
  • Yes-No Game 158

CHAPTER 5 Water Games 161

  • Blow Bubbles and Hum 162
  • Boogie Board Ride 164
  • Bury the Body 165
  • Catch a Fish 167
  • Choo-Choo Train 169
  • Fill the Bucket 171
  • Floating on Your Back 174
  • Gecko Walking 176
  • In and Out Crash 178
  • Into the Hole 179
  • The Kids in the Water Go Splashy Clap 182
  • The Little Dutch Boy 185
  • Little Jumps, Big Jumps 186
  • London Bridge 188
  • Make a Pond 190
  • Monkey Walking 192
  • One, Two, Three—Change 194
  • Parallel Swim 196
  • Ping-Pong Play 198
  • Ready? Set. Jump! 200
  • Riding the Horse Noodles 202
  • Ring-Around-a-Rosy 203
  • Save Your Life 205
  • Shark Attack 207
  • The Sponge Pass 209
  • The Squirting Game 212
  • Tug the Tube 214
  • Wa-Wa-Wa-Water! 215

Appendix I Index of Games by Sensory System or Skill Stimulated 219

Appendix II Additional Resources 227

The Author 231

Bibliography 233