Learn to Move, Move to Learn: Sensorimotor Early Childhood Activity Themes

As a team collaborator with Jenny Clark Brack in providing group sensorimotor experiences in inclusive early childhood settings, I am so excited about the publication of this book! I see significant learning occurring in our students on both an individual and a group basis as they participate in the activities. Significant learning also occurs in our transdisciplinary teams members as we collaborate and learn to release traditional roles and assume leadership during group. In addition to the ready-to-use activities presented, this well-organized resource provides a foundation on which to develop additional themes and the specific adaptations needed to meet the needs of individual students. It will be a well-used book in any professional library. --Lucinda H. Bainum, PT

As an occupational therapist and early childhood special education teacher, I can't wait to use the thematic sensorimotor activities in this book. Jenny Brack has developed group activities based on themes often used to motivate and teach young children the concepts and skills they need to learn in preschool and early elementary school. These activities have been made even more fun and motivating by the integration of a balance of sensory and motor components into each of the themes. If you work with young children, you will love this resource! --Nancy E. Miller, M.Ed., OTR/L, co-author, ASPERGER SYNDROME AND SENSORY ISSUES

The fun, stimulating, and engaging activities in this book provide a unique collaborative approach for working with early childhood special education/preschool children. Children learn linguistic, cognitive, and social/emotional skills at the same time sensory integration and motor skills are being worked on and refined. What a concept - working with the whole child, not just one area! Great! --Gloria Bowersox, MA, SLP

JENNY CLARK BRACK is a pediatric occupational therapist with over 14 years experience in school settings. Currently she works both as a staff occupational therapist within a rural special education cooperative and as a special consultant to schools in several states. Jenny has presented nationally on sensory integration, handwriting, learning disabilities, ADD, and learning-related visual deficits, and has been published in several OT periodicals. Learn to Move, Move to Learn! is based on her experiences working with teams of therapists and teachers in early childhood settings.