Playful Learning Lab for Kids : Whole-body Sensory Adventures to Enhance Focus, Engagement, and Curiosity

Playful Learning Lab for Kids : Whole-body Sensory Adventures to Enhance Focus, Engagement, and Curiosity
ISBN: 9781631595561
Publication Date: 7 January 2019

A rich collection of fun, sensory games and activities that incorporate literacy and learning.

Playful Learning Lab for Kids is a hands-on activity book that offers games and activities that revolve around the senses and concepts in reading, math, art, and science.

The activities in Playful Learning Lab for Kids explore concepts in reading, language, math, art, music, science, geography, and social studies, all while engaging children with movements, touch, sound, and sight. Most distinguishing of all, the activities and lessons here include suggestions for tailoring the experience to different levels, making it a book children can grow with. The skills range from visual perceptual skills and spatial awareness, to early geometry concepts, visual motor integration, and fine motor skills.

About the Authors

Claire Heffron is a practicing pediatric occupational and physical therapist. She completed her undergraduate studies at Ohio University and holds a Master of Science in Occupational Therapy from the University of North Carolina. She has been practicing in public and specialized school-based settings for 10 years. Claire is also mother to three noisy boys.

Lauren Drobnjak graduated from Youngstown State University with a Bachelor of Science in Physical Therapy. She has practiced for more than 18 years in both clinical and school-based settings, and 17 of those years specifically in pediatrics. She is also a busy mother to three.