Attention Games E-Book

Barbara Sher

• Herausgeber: John Wiley & Sons
• Kategorie: Ratgeber
• Sprache: Englisch
• Veröffentlichungsjahr: 2010

Seitenzahl: 208

Beschreibung

If you want to focus children's attention, you first have to capture their interest. Attention Games is filled with interesting and child-tested activities that can help children of all ages become better at focusing and paying attention. By sharing the upbeat, joyful activities in Attention Games, you can enhance your child's intelligence, boost his confidence, increase his ability to concentrate on one thing for long periods, and show that you care. Developed by Barbara Sher--parent, teacher, play therapy specialist and pediatric occupational therapist--these activities are specially designed to encourage kids to expand their powers of attention in ways that will help them throughout their lives.

Leseprobe

Table of Contents

Title Page

Copyright Page

Dedication

Acknowledgments

Introduction

How to Contact the Author

OTHER BOOKS/TAPES BY BARBARA SHER

PART ONE - Games for Infants

Follow My Face

Stick Out Your Tongue

The Glory of Hands

Sock on a Bottle

Perfect Rattles

First Exercises

Visually Amused

A Light Touch

Can You Hear What I Hear?

A Very Merry Unbirthday

Pokey Pudding Hole

Dangling Toys

Bat the Ball

High Chair Fling

Ice Cube on a Tray

If It Doesn’t Hurt—It’s a Toy

A Spotlight in the Dark

What’s out There?

Where’d It Go?

PART TWO - Games for 1- to 3-Year-Olds

Bracelet of Leaves

The Enchantment of Water

Follow the Floating Feather

The Knocking Game

Ping-Pong Balls and Coffee Cans

Surprise Me

The Feely Game

What Is That Sound?

From Beginning to End

Being a Radio

Catch a Falling Scarf

Instant Picture

You’ve Got Mail

Kaleidoscope

Magnet Hunt

Put a Lid on It

Ooh–Smell This!

What’s in the Sock?

PART THREE - Games for 3- to 6-Year-Olds

My Story Is the Best Story

Another Viewpoint

Art de Deux

Batting Practice

The Happening Book

Lessons from the Rocks

Mismatched Tea Party

Plenty Peanut Hunt

Regroup Time

Shadow Games

Deck of Cards

Hand on Top

How Many?

Indoor Picture Hunt

Mexican Yo-Yo

Mini-Montessori

Going on a Monster Hunt

Paint the World

The Perfect Gifts

Sounds Right

Word Matching

PART FOUR - Games for 6- to 12-Year-Olds

All the Things You Can Think Of

Back Writing

Belly Counts

Expanding Interest

Focused Fidgeting

Guess How Old

How Do You Look?

Junk Box Art

Name the Sounds

Navigator

Police Report

Ring of String

Shelf Paper Story

Thinking Box

I’m the Teacher

My Mind Is a TV Screen

Paper Plethora

Potato Puppets

Sensory Matching

Tile Painting

Backwards Time Management

Toe Stepping

Toothpick Art

PART FIVE - Games for Teens

Accentuate the Positive

Achy Breaky Heart

Annoyed with the Flower Bud

Five Good Moments

Getting the Priorities

My Special Things

I’m Like That Sometimes

Imagine That!

Send Joy to Bulgaria

Life Is a Movie, and You Are the Star!

List Your Options

Name the Consequences

Postcard Diaries

Scriptwriter

Self-Portraits

Ten Breaths

The Home Videographer

Waiter, Take My Order

Flip-Flop Stamps

Word Puzzles

Index

Copyright © 2006 by Barbara Sher. All rights reserved. Illustrations copyright © 2006 by Ralph Butler. All rights reserved.

Published by Jossey-Bass

A Wiley Imprint 989 Market Street, San Francisco, CA 94103-1741 www.josseybass.com

No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, scanning, or otherwise, except as permitted under Section 107 or 108 of the 1976 United States Copyright Act, without either the prior written permission of the publisher, or authorization through payment of the appropriate per-copy fee to the Copyright Clearance Center, Inc., 222 Rosewood Drive, Danvers, MA 01923, 978-750-8400, fax [phone], or on the Web at www.copyright.com. Requests to the publisher for permission should be addressed to the Permissions Department, John Wiley & Sons, Inc., 111 River Street, Hoboken, NJ 07030, 201-748-6011, fax [phone], or online at http://www.wiley.com/go/permissions.

Limit of Liability/Disclaimer of Warranty: While the publisher and author have used their best efforts in preparing this book, they make no representations or warranties with respect to the accuracy or completeness of the contents of this book and specifically disclaim any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. No warranty may be created or extended by sales representatives or written sales materials. The advice and strategies contained herein may not be suitable for your situation. You should consult with a professional where appropriate. Neither the publisher nor author shall be liable for any loss of profit or any other commercial damages, including but not limited to special, incidental, consequential, or other damages.

Jossey-Bass books and products are available through most bookstores. To contact Jossey-Bass directly call our Customer Care Department within the U.S. at 800-956-7739, outside the U.S. at 317-572-3986, or fax [phone].

Jossey-Bass also publishes its books in a variety of electronic formats. Some content that appears in print may not be available in electronic books.

Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Sher, Barbara.

p.cm.

Includes index.

ISBN-13: 978-0-471-73654-7 (alk. paper)

1. Educational games. 2. Attention in children. I. Title: 101 fun, easy games that help kids learn to focus. II. Title: One hundred and one fun, easy games that help kids learn to focus. III. Title. LB1029.G3S.33’7—dc22

2006008090

This book is dedicated to all the unique children I have had the joy and honor of working and playing with.

Acknowledgments

To make a book, an author needs a publisher, editors, an artist, and a production crew. For this I have my very able editor, Kate Bradford; her competent assistant, Connie Santisteban; a creative illustrator, Ralph Butler; and a production crew headed up by the very capable Justin Frahm. I’m grateful for them all.

To come up with ideas for the text, an author needs inspirational coworkers and friends who are equally interested in the world of children. For this I have the “Dream Team” at the Special Education/Early Childhood Program in the Northern Mariana Islands of Saipan—namely, Dora Palacios-Won, Mark and Patty Staal, Jerry Diaz, Fidelia Ruben, Tracy Nance, Mercy Tisa, Ataur Rahman, Judy Hawkins, Yollanda Lelly, and Rita Olopai. I appreciate and adore them all.

To take pleasure in the writing process, an author needs loving support from friends and family. For this I have many wonderful people: Marissa and Mark SherKenney; Roxanne Sher-Skelton, Ehren Olson; Anna Sher; Fran Simon; Trisha and David Ferlic; Shirley Sher; Don Cohen; Monty Sher; Glo Harris; Bonnie, Jenna, Marc, Jacob, and Leslie Wilson; Maxwell, Griffin, Jessica, and Stewart Evans; Jenny Slack; Nolan and Manny Mariano; Rita Bonnici; Susan Book; Jill Derickson; Ericka Frink; and all my precious Humboldt County buddies. I love them all back.

But to make my book have heart, this author needed children to field test the games. My deep appreciation goes to all the children I play with every day in my work, especially the ones who show me that there really is something special about being “special.” Thank you for teaching me that humans come in many flavors. And they are all good.

Introduction

If you want to focus children’s attention, you first have to capture their interest. In this book, I’ll show you how to get children’s attention with fun and interesting games and how to help them expand their powers of attention in ways that will benefit them throughout their lives.

Everyone is paying attention to something. What that something is and how long the attention is captured are the variables.