A guide that outlines a 32-week programme of sequential station activities that will help pre-school and young school aged children in various stages of development, particularly those who are lagging behind in their perceptual-motor skills. It provides what you need to create a perceptual-motor learning laboratory for your students.

Version:1.0 StartHTML:0000000226 EndHTML:0000006491 StartFragment:0000003066 EndFragment:0000006455 SourceURL:file://localhost/Users/rhodaperhardt/Documents/Business%20docs/Publications/VPM%20book/VPMBookDescription.doc This 2012 spiral-bound book is specifically designed for children with learning disorders, 4 to 14 years old, featuring more than 800 activities and 187 illustrations on 160 pages of tasks and games that are developmentally-sequenced to promote learning and insure success. It includes: • Reproducible gross motor, fine motor, and oculomotor activity charts • Illustrated directions to construct low-cost materials and equipment • References • CD-Rom to Print-Your-Own The charts help therapists, teachers, and parents by: • Incorporating step-by-step progressions • Describing methods and teaching techniques • Offering suggestions for verbal and manual instructions • Guiding and modifying treatment planning • Documenting the child's daily progress

This is the "first" in a series of 5 activity books covering preschool and the primary grades. Use these classroom-tested movement education activities to assess your students motor strengths and weaknesses in preschool and early elementary grades or special education classes. The sequence of easily given tests and tasks requires minimal instruction time and your kids will find the activities to be interesting, challenging and fun! Part 1 in this first book in the series includes a Perceptual-Motor Evaluation Scale that evaluates students on the Identification of Body Parts, Walking Board activities, Hopping activities, Jump and Land activities, Obstacle Course activities, Ball Catch activities, and includes a place for Optional Tests. Part 2 of this book includes: Walking Activities, Running Activities, Leaping Activities, Jumping Activities, Hopping Activities, Galloping Activities, Skipping Activities, Sliding Activities, General Locomotion Activities, and Partner Activities.

Perceptual-Motor Activities for Children: An Evidence-Based Guide to Building Physical and Cognitive Skills contains 200 station activities that you can use to develop perceptual-motor skills in kids from preschool through elementary grades. The activities can be used in a 32-week sequential program or individually. You also receive a web resource that offers activity cards, bonus activities, active learning cards, audio tracks, a record sheet, and other tools.

Thirty-two sequential, developmentally designed lessons for developing gross motor skills in young children, ages 2 1/2 to 6.

"Developing Ocular Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills contains daily lesson plans and practical tips on how to successfully start an activities program. Other helpful features include a glossary of terms and a reference list of individuals and organizations that work with learning disabled children to develop these skills. The first of its kind, Developing Ocular Motor and Visual Perceptual Skills utilizes a learning approach by linking the theories with the remediation activities to help learning disabled children improve their perceptual and fine motor skills. All professionals looking to assess and enhance a variety of fine motor and visual perception deficiencies will welcome this workbook into their practices" -- Publisher description.

The year's program consists of 25 weekly perceptual-motor lessons designed for students in preschool, kindergarten, first to third grade and special education classes.