Attention Games

BARBARA SHER, M.A., O.T.R., conducts workshops for parents, teachers, therapists, and children around the world. She is the author of Smart Play: 101 Fun, Easy Games that Enhance Intelligence (Wiley), Self-esteem Games: 300 Fun Activities That Make Children Feel Good about Themselves (Wiley), and Spirit Games: 300 Fun Activities That Bring Children Comfort and Joy (Wiley).

• Introduction 1How to Contact the Author 5Part One Games for Infants 7Follow My Face 9Stick Out Your Tongue 11The Glory of Hands 13Sock on a Bottle 14Perfect Rattles 15First Exercises 17Visually Amused 21A Light Touch 22Can You Hear What I Hear? 24A Very Merry Unbirthday 26Pokey Pudding Hole 27Dangling Toys 28Bat the Ball 31High Chair Fling 32Ice Cube on a Tray 34If It Doesn’t Hurt—It’s a Toy 35A Spotlight in the Dark 37What’s out There? 39Where’d It Go? 41Part Two Games for 1- to 3-Year-Olds 45Bracelet of Leaves 47The Enchantment of Water 48Follow the Floating Feather 49The Knocking Game 50Ping-Pong Balls and Coffee Cans 51Surprise Me 53The Feely Game 54What Is That Sound? 55From Beginning to End 57Being a Radio 59Catch a Falling Scarf 60Instant Picture 61You’ve Got Mail 62Kaleidoscope 63Magnet Hunt 64Put a Lid on It 66Ooh—Smell This! 67What’s in the Sock? 69Part Three Games for 3- to 6-Year-Olds 71My Story Is the Best Story 73Another Viewpoint 74Art de Deux 76Batting Practice 77The Happening Book 78Lessons from the Rocks 80Mismatched Tea Party 81Plenty Peanut Hunt 84Regroup Time 85Shadow Games 87Deck of Cards 88Hand on Top 89How Many? 90Indoor Picture Hunt 91Mexican Yo-Yo 92Mini-Montessori 94Going on a Monster Hunt 97Paint the World 99The Perfect Gifts 100Sounds Right 104Word Matching 105Part Four Games for 6- to 12-Year-Olds 109All the Things You Can Think Of 111Back Writing 112Belly Counts 113Expanding Interest 114Focused Fidgeting 116Guess How Old 117How Do You Look? 119Junk Box Art 120Name the Sounds 121Navigator 122Police Report 123Ring of String 125Shelf Paper Story 126Thinking Box 127I’m the Teacher 129My Mind Is a TV Screen 130Paper Plethora 132Potato Puppets 133Sensory Matching 135Tile Painting 137Backwards Time Management 138Toe Stepping 140Toothpick Art 141Part Five Games for Teens 143Accentuate the Positive 145Achy Breaky Heart 146Annoyed with the Flower Bud 147Five Good Moments 149Getting the Priorities 150My Special Things 152I’m Like That Sometimes 153Imagine That! 155Send Joy to Bulgaria 156Life Is a Movie, and You Are the Star! 158List Your Options 160Name the Consequences 162Postcard Diaries 164Scriptwriter 165Self-Portraits 166Ten Breaths 167The Home Videographer 169Waiter, Take My Order 170Flip-Flop Stamps 172Word Puzzles 173Index 175