This is a huge compendium of practical and enjoyable activities for touch, vision, taste and smell. Invaluable to anyone working with young children, the text outlines major principal and aims followed by six easy-to-use sections containing basic activities, games and topics to stimulate the senses. The activity sheets contain full instructions, as well as suggestions for variations and similar activities. It provides simple checklists to record a child's progress. It includes photocopiable material throughout with activity sheets, games and plenty of carryover work.

 

This book is part of a book series called Early Skills .

There are 180 pages in this book. This book was published 1997 by Taylor & Francis Ltd .

Jackie Cooke qualified as a speech therapist in 1983, at the School for the Study of Disorders of Human Communication (now part of the City University, London). For nearly ten years she worked with a variety of client groups, in a wide range of settings, within Lewisham and Southwark. Since 1986 she has specialized in the communication problems of children and adults with severe learning difficulties, becoming particularly interested in teaching social skills. In 1994 she gained an MSc in Human Communication from City University. She is joint author of 'Working with Children's Language', also published by Winslow/Speechmark. She is currently working in the city of Coventry.

This book has the following chapters: A4 (297 x 210mm) 270pp, illustrated Wire-o-bound ISBN 978-0-86388-371-2 ORDER CODE D11-002-3042 GBP37. 99 Vision; Touch; Taste and Smell; Everyday Activities; Games; Topics; Appendices