Synopses & Reviews
Synopsis
Jenny Clark Brack is back with a new book Following the same structure and philosophy as her first book, Learn to Move, Move to Learn: Sensorimotor Early Childhood Activity Themes, her latest, Learn to Move, Moving Up focuses on elementary-school age students with sensory processing disorders.
In a comprehensive introduction that covers current trends in education and occupational therapy, the book overviews many evidence-based practices as well as yoga, music, and Speed Stacks. Throughout, the emphasis is on involving the child's team for the best possible outcomes.
The centerpiece of the book consists of 30 sensorimotor, theme-based lesson plans that include literacy and curriculum suggestions for teachers, and suggests ways that they can be incorporated into busy elementary school schedules and environments. As in Brack's first book, the carefully developed lesson plans offer activities structured around seven elements designed for both learning and fun: Warm-Up, Vestibula
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Using the same easy-to-use format as her first book, Learn to Move, Move to Learn, Jenny Brack now brings us a series of effective sensory-based activities for older school-aged children These literacy-rich lesson plans include specially designed curriculum suggestions and underscore how activities can be adapted to meet state and other standards. The book also contains a thorough, up-to-date discussion of sensory integration and sensory processing disorders; assessment and evaluation considerations, including a reproducible Teacher Observation Checklist; evidence-based best-practice strategies; how to integrate lessons into elementary school environments; as well as learning enrichment suggestions.
Synopsis
Sensory, play-based and literacy instruction--all in one Using the same easy-to-use format as her first book, Learn to Move, Move to Learn, Jenny Clark brings us a series of effective sensory-based activities for older school-aged children These literacy-rich lesson plans include specially designed curriculum suggestions and underscore how activities can be adapted to meet state and national standards. Learn to Move, Moving Up Sensorimotor Elementary-School Activity Themes also contains a thorough, up-to-date discussion of sensory disorders; assessment and evaluation considerations, including a reproducible teacher observation checklist; evidence-based best-practices; how to integrate lessons into inclusive elementary school environments; as well as learning enrichment suggestions.