Learn to Move, Moving Up!: Sensorimotor Elementary School Activity Themes
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Product Details
| ISBN-13: | 9781934575383 |
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| Publisher: | Future Horizons, Inc. |
| Publication date: | 01/13/2009 |
| Series: | Learn to Move |
| Edition description: | New Edition |
| Pages: | 169 |
| Product dimensions: | 8.30(w) x 10.90(h) x 0.30(d) |
About the Author
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The transition from preschool to elementary school can be challenging for children with sensory processing difficulties as they struggle to adapt to new teachers, classrooms, friends, and academic expectations. One way to ensure a smooth changeover for children is by providing organized materials, reviewing routines, and having them meet new staff prior to the first day of school.
Structure and routine are essential for children with sensory processing disorder (SPD) to be successful academically and enjoy their elementary education. This book presents 30 structured sensorimotor theme-based lesson plans along with literacy and curriculum suggestions. The curriculum suggestions provide educators with extension activities that allow them to expand learned concepts using multisensory teaching methods. To create a context for the lesson plans, the book also includes an overview of sensory processing, evidence-based practice options, sensory deficits and children on the autism spectrum, creative suggestions for implementing lesson plans in elementary school environments, information about yoga, S’cool Moves, Speed Stacks, music therapy,sign language, quick fixes for the classroom, and assessment/evaluation tools for collaborative decision making.
The lesson plans follow the same structure and philosophy as those in my first book, Learn to Move, Move to Learn – Sensorimotor Early Childhood Activity Themes (Clark, 2004) for early childhood environments. It is my hope that the timely material in this book will prove valuable to professionals working with elementary school-age children and, ultimately, help improve children’s lives.
– Jenny Clark
Table of Contents
Foreword ..........................................................................................................xi
Introduction..............................................................................................xiii
Chapter 1: Sensory Processing Disorder..................................1
Sensory Modulation Disorder ..............................................................................................5
Sensory Overresponsivity ........................................................................................5
Sensory Underresponsivity ......................................................................................6
Sensory Seeking........................................................................................................6
Sensory-Based Motor Disorder ..........................................................................................7
Dyspraxia....................................................................................................................7
Postural Disorder ......................................................................................................7
Sensory Discrimination Disorder ........................................................................................8
Chapter 2: Evidence-Based Practice for Children with ASD and Sensory Processing Disorder................................................................................................................9
Brain Anatomy Differences in Children with ASD............................................................10
Mirror Neurons ....................................................................................................................11
Animal-Assisted Therapy and ASD ..................................................................................13
Weighted Vests ....................................................................................................................15
What the Research Says........................................................................................15
Ball Chair ..............................................................................................................................18
What the Research Says........................................................................................19
Disc ‘O’ Sit Cushion ............................................................................................................19
What the Research Says........................................................................................20
Chapter 3: Assessment and Evaluation ........................................23
Response to Intervention (RtI)............................................................................................23
Occupational Therapy and Collaboration ........................................................................25
Teacher Observation Checklist..............................................................................26
Sensory Processing Measure ............................................................................................28
Sensory Profile School Companion ..................................................................................28
Writing Measurable Sensory Goals: Goal Attainment Scaling ......................................29
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Chapter 4: Integrating Activity Lesson Plans into Elementary School Environments..................31
Physical Education Class ..................................................................................................34
Adaptive P.E. ............................................................................................................34
Recess – Outdoor/Indoor ..................................................................................................35
Outdoor Recess ......................................................................................................37
Indoor Recess..........................................................................................................38
Centers..................................................................................................................................38
Imbedded into Curriculum..................................................................................................39
After-School Therapeutic Playgroups/Clinic Settings ....................................................42
Transitions ............................................................................................................................42
Chapter 5: Learning Enrichments ..................................................................45
Yoga for Kids........................................................................................................................45
What the Research Says........................................................................................46
S’cool Moves........................................................................................................................46
Speed Stacks ......................................................................................................................47
What the Research Says........................................................................................48
The Influence of Music........................................................................................................48
What the Research Says........................................................................................49
Sign Language ....................................................................................................................50
Quick Fixes ..........................................................................................................................50
Sensory Activities to Alert the Brain for Learning ..............................................51
Modifications of Materials and Methods..............................................................52
Lesson THEMes ........................................................................................55
Baseball ................................................................................................................................56
Birthday Party ......................................................................................................................59
Bugs ......................................................................................................................................62
Camping................................................................................................................................66
Car Wash ..............................................................................................................................69
Caterpillars............................................................................................................................73
Clouds ..................................................................................................................................76
Down on the Farm ..............................................................................................................79
Fall Fun..................................................................................................................................83
Fiesta! or Cinco De Mayo ..................................................................................................86
Finding Escaped Zoo Animals – Equestrian Therapy ....................................................88
Flower Garden......................................................................................................................90
Football ................................................................................................................................93
Fourth of July ......................................................................................................................96
Garden ..................................................................................................................................99
Halloween ..........................................................................................................................102
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Insects ................................................................................................................................105
Laundry ..............................................................................................................................109
Mardi Gras or 100th School Day ....................................................................................112
Outer Space ......................................................................................................................114
Pigs......................................................................................................................................116
Police ................................................................................................................................118
Puppies ..............................................................................................................................121
Snow ..................................................................................................................................124
Snowman............................................................................................................................128
Spring Flowers ..................................................................................................................134
The Snowy Day..................................................................................................................136
Vegetable Garden..............................................................................................................139
Winter..................................................................................................................................142
Zoo ......................................................................................................................................146
References......................................................................................................151
Appendix ..............................................................................................................155
Teacher Observation Checklist........................................................................................156
Adapted School Supply List ............................................................................................158
Definitions ..........................................................................................................................160
Products & Resources........................................................161
Recommended Children’s Books........................165