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Funny smells, sticky hands and squishy textures are all part of the way in which children develop sensory awareness. Fun with Messy Play is an exciting activity book that heightens the sensory perception of children with special needs through the imaginative use of everyday `messy' materials like baked beans, condensed milk, jelly or glue. The activities in this book are fun for children and help to improve their co-ordination, communicative and cognitive abilities, as well as their self-esteem and social skills. Each exercise focuses the child on a movement or sensation that they will later be able to apply to everyday life. By allowing children to explore their senses while having fun, messy play provides a relaxing therapy that encourages sensory responsiveness without placing stressful expectations on the child. This is an easy-to-use, practical resource for parents and professionals. It includes ideas and examples from practitioners along with helpful suggestions for different types of equipment that can be used.
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fun with Messy Play of related interest Small Steps Forward Using Games and Activities to Help Your Pre-School Child with Special Needs Second edition Sarah Newman Illustrated by Jeanie Mellersh ISBN 978 1 84310 693 7 Playing, Laughing and Learning with Children on the Autism Spectrum A Practical Resource of Play Ideas for Parents and Carers Second Edition Julia Moor 978 1 84310 608 1 Narrative Approaches in Play with Children Ann Cattanach ISBN 978 1 84310 588 6 Autism, Play and Social Interaction Lone Gammeltoft and Marianne Sollok Nordenhof Translated by Erik van Acker ISBN 978 1 84310 520 6 fun with Messy Play Ideas and Activities for Children with Special Needs Tracey Beckerleg Jessica Kingsley Publishers London and Philadelphia First published in 2009 by Jessica Kingsley Publishers 116 Pentonville Road London N1 9JB, UK and 400 Market Street, Suite 400 Philadelphia, PA 19106, USA www.jkp.com Copyright © Tracey Beckerleg 2009 All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced in any material form (including photocopying or storing it in any medium by electronic means and whether or not transiently or incidentally to some other use of this publication) without the written permission of the copyright owner except in accordance with the provisions of the Copyright, Designs and Patents Act 1988 or under the terms of a licence issued by the Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd, Saffron House, 6–10 Kirby Street, London EC1N 8TS. Applications for the copyright owner’s written permission to reproduce any part of this publication should be addressed to the publisher. Warning: The doing of an unauthorised act in relation to a copyright work may result in both a civil claim for damages and criminal prosecution. Library of Congress Cataloging in Publication Data Beckerleg, Tracey. Fun with messy play : ideas and activities for children with special needs / Tracey Beckerleg. p. cm. ISBN 978-1-84310-641-8 (pb : alk. paper) 1. Children with disabilities--Recreation. 2. Sensorimotor integration. 3. Motor learning. 4. Play therapy. 5. Creative activities and seatwork. I. Title. GV183.6.B43 2009 790.1'96--dc22 2008017781 British Library Cataloguing in Publication Data A CIP catalogue record for this book is available from the British Library ISBN 978 1 84310 641 8 ISBN pdf eBook 978 1 84642 854 8 Printed and bound in Great Britain by Athenaeum Press, Gateshead, Tyne and Wear To my wonderful, long-suffering husband Will, who has listened to my ideas with patience for many years, and whose support and love I value greatly, with much love. Contents P R E FAC E AC K N OW L E D G E M E N T S 9 13 Part One: An Introduction to Messy Play 1 Why