Overview

Fun games to develop the fine motor skills rising-fives need for early school success. Fine motor skills are a stepping-stone for school readiness, and ""Everyday Play"" gives you the tools you need to make developing those skills easy and fun! Organized by age for easy reference, the dozens of creative activities in ""Everyday Play"" are inexpensive, require few or no materials, and are easy to do. Best of all, they give you and your child great ways to have fun while laying the foundation for important fine motor skills that your child needs for school. Activities include: No-Mess Finger Painting; Marble Painting; Racing Tracks Squeezy Water Play; Graph Paper Art; and, Water Droppers. Holding a pencil, drawing a line, zipping-up a coat, Everyday Play helps your child accomplish all these milestones and more. With a chapter of FAQs from parents, developmental guidelines, and easy strategies for teaching, this is the book you need to ensure your child is ready for school.

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Pediatric occupational therapist and author Isbell has written a gem of a book on developing fine motor skills for preschoolers... This book should be in every preschool classroom; Kindergarten teachers will thank the parents whose child comes to school with their fine motor skills exercised. Essential. - Library Journal (starred review) The chapters focused on activities are logically organized. Each is centered on an age group and begins with a brief summary of what that child is generally capable of doing and may be interested in learning. Each activity is presented on a different page with the purpose clearly identified. The necessary supplies and a bulleted list of What to do follow. Many of the activities include an extension or variation called More Fun! Few illustrations complement the text. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews Although Dr. Isbell aims her book at parents, it may be more appropriately aimed at independent day care providers and pre-school teachers. Each activity requires preparation and planning time that working couples may not have. Families living in small spaces will find Making Room for Fine Motor Fun challenging. However, more spontaneous activities like Simon Says, only requiring the attention of an adult, are also included. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews Everyday Play is more than a menu of activities. Using language void of jargon, the author explains what fine motor skills are and how they relate to learning to manipulate objects so that a child will gain independence in daily routines like tying shoes and learning to write. She supplies a list of low-cost materials that might even be gleaned from the recycling bin and emphasizes the process of learning over the product. Isbell focuses on fitting the activity and materials to the child's developmental stage, along the way assuring parents that children progress at different rates. To this end, she has included a section on Frequently Asked Questions and a Glossary of Terms. The glossary demystifies expressions like reciprocal hand skills for parents facing their first parent-teacher meeting. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews No batteries required! Parents wishing to occupy their toddlers with creative learning activities will find Everyday Play: Fun Games to Develop the Fine Motor Skills Your Child Needs for School by Christy Isbell a useful resource. Dr. Isbell, an experienced pediatric occupational therapist and parent, invites parents of three-, four- and five-year-olds to .. . join in your child's everyday play... and gives them ninety-one activities grouped by age appropriateness to accomplish that. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews

Pediatric occupational therapist and author Isbell has written a gem of a book on developing fine motor skills for preschoolers... This book should be in every preschool classroom; Kindergarten teachers will thank the parents whose child comes to school with their fine motor skills exercised. Essential. - Library Journal (starred review)

Pediatric occupational therapist and author Isbell has written a gem of a book on developing fine motor skills for preschoolers...This book should be in every preschool classroom; Kindergarten teachers will thank the parents whose child comes to school with their fine motor skills exercised. Essential. -- Library Journal (starred review)

Pediatric occupational therapist and author Isbell has written a gem of a book on developing fine motor skills for preschoolers... This book should be in every preschool classroom; Kindergarten teachers will thank the parents whose child comes to school with their fine motor skills exercised. Essential. - Library Journal (starred review) -Pediatric occupational therapist and author Isbell has written a gem of a book on developing fine motor skills for preschoolers... This book should be in every preschool classroom; Kindergarten teachers will thank the parents whose child comes to school with their fine motor skills exercised. Essential.- - Library Journal (starred review) -The chapters focused on activities are logically organized. Each is centered on an age group and begins with a brief summary of what that child is generally capable of doing and may be interested in learning. Each activity is presented on a different page with the purpose clearly identified. The necessary supplies and a bulleted list of -What to do- follow. Many of the activities include an extension or variation called -More Fun!- Few illustrations complement the text.- - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews -Although Dr. Isbell aims her book at parents, it may be more appropriately aimed at independent day care providers and pre-school teachers. Each activity requires preparation and planning time that working couples may not have. Families living in small spaces will find -Making Room for Fine Motor Fun- challenging. However, more spontaneous activities like -Simon Says,- only requiring the attention of an adult, are also included.- - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews The chapters focused on activities are logically organized. Each is centered on an age group and begins with a brief summary of what that child is generally capable of doing and may be interested in learning. Each activity is presented on a different page with the purpose clearly identified. The necessary supplies and a bulleted list of What to do follow. Many of the activities include an extension or variation called More Fun! Few illustrations complement the text. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews Although Dr. Isbell aims her book at parents, it may be more appropriately aimed at independent day care providers and pre-school teachers. Each activity requires preparation and planning time that working couples may not have. Families living in small spaces will find Making Room for Fine Motor Fun challenging. However, more spontaneous activities like Simon Says, only requiring the attention of an adult, are also included. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews Everyday Play is more than a menu of activities. Using language void of jargon, the author explains what fine motor skills are and how they relate to learning to manipulate objects so that a child will gain independence in daily routines like tying shoes and learning to write. She supplies a list of low-cost materials that might even be gleaned from the recycling bin and emphasizes the process of learning over the product. Isbell focuses on fitting the activity and materials to the child's developmental stage, along the way assuring parents that children progress at different rates. To this end, she has included a section on Frequently Asked Questions and a Glossary of Terms. The glossary demystifies expressions like reciprocal hand skills for parents facing their first parent-teacher meeting. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews No batteries required! Parents wishing to occupy their toddlers with creative learning activities will find Everyday Play: Fun Games to Develop the Fine Motor Skills Your Child Needs for School by Christy Isbell a useful resource. Dr. Isbell, an experienced pediatric occupational therapist and parent, invites parents of three-, four- and five-year-olds to .. . join in your child's everyday play... and gives them ninety-one activities grouped by age appropriateness to accomplish that. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews -Everyday Play is more than a menu of activities. Using language void of jargon, the author explains what fine motor skills are and how they relate to learning to manipulate objects so that a child will gain independence in daily routines like tying shoes and learning to write. She supplies a list of low-cost materials that might even be gleaned from the recycling bin and emphasizes the process of learning over the product. Isbell focuses on fitting the activity and materials to the child's developmental stage, along the way assuring parents that children progress at different rates. To this end, she has included a section on -Frequently Asked Questions- and a -Glossary of Terms.- The glossary demystifies expressions like -reciprocal hand skills- for parents facing their first parent-teacher meeting.- - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews -No batteries required! Parents wishing to occupy their toddlers with creative learning activities will find Everyday Play: Fun Games to Develop the Fine Motor Skills Your Child Needs for School by Christy Isbell a useful resource. Dr. Isbell, an experienced pediatric occupational therapist and parent, invites parents of three-, four- and five-year-olds to -... join in your child's everyday play...- and gives them ninety-one activities grouped by age appropriateness to accomplish that.- - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews

Pediatric occupational therapist and author Isbell has written a gem of a book on developing fine motor skills for preschoolers... This book should be in every preschool classroom; Kindergarten teachers will thank the parents whose child comes to school with their fine motor skills exercised. Essential. - Library Journal (starred review) Although Dr. Isbell aims her book at parents, it may be more appropriately aimed at independent day care providers and pre-school teachers. Each activity requires preparation and planning time that working couples may not have. Families living in small spaces will find Making Room for Fine Motor Fun challenging. However, more spontaneous activities like Simon Says, only requiring the attention of an adult, are also included. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews The chapters focused on activities are logically organized. Each is centered on an age group and begins with a brief summary of what that child is generally capable of doing and may be interested in learning. Each activity is presented on a different page with the purpose clearly identified. The necessary supplies and a bulleted list of What to do follow. Many of the activities include an extension or variation called More Fun! Few illustrations complement the text. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews Everyday Play is more than a menu of activities. Using language void of jargon, the author explains what fine motor skills are and how they relate to learning to manipulate objects so that a child will gain independence in daily routines like tying shoes and learning to write. She supplies a list of low-cost materials that might even be gleaned from the recycling bin and emphasizes the process of learning over the product. Isbell focuses on fitting the activity and materials to the child's developmental stage, along the way assuring parents that children progress at different rates. To this end, she has included a section on Frequently Asked Questions and a Glossary of Terms. The glossary demystifies expressions like reciprocal hand skills for parents facing their first parent-teacher meeting. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews No batteries required! Parents wishing to occupy their toddlers with creative learning activities will find Everyday Play: Fun Games to Develop the Fine Motor Skills Your Child Needs for School by Christy Isbell a useful resource. Dr. Isbell, an experienced pediatric occupational therapist and parent, invites parents of three-, four- and five-year-olds to .. . join in your child's everyday play... and gives them ninety-one activities grouped by age appropriateness to accomplish that. - Geraldine A. Richards, Foreword Reviews

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Dr. Christy Isbell teaches child development, human development, and pediatric therapy courses for a Masters of Occupational Therapy Program. She practices occupational therapy in early intervention, child care, and school settings.

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