Attention Games 101 Fun, Easy Games That Help Kids Learn To Focus [Paperback]

If you want to focus children's attention, you first have to capture their interest. Attention Games is filled with interesting and child-tested activities that can help children of all ages become better at focusing and paying attention. By sharing the upbeat, joyful activities in Attention Games, you can enhance your child's intelligence, boost his confidence, increase his ability to concentrate on one thing for long periods, and show that you care. Developed by Barbara Sher—parent, teacher, play therapy specialist and pediatric occupational therapist—these activities are specially designed to encourage kids to expand their powers of attention in ways that will help them throughout their lives.Introduction.

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PART ONE Games for Infants.

Follow My Face.

Stick Out Your Tongue.

The Glory of Hands.

Sock on a Bottle.

Perfect Rattles.

First Exercises.

Visually Amused.

A Light Touch.

Can You Hear What I Hear?

A Very Merry Unbirthday.

Pokey Pudding Hole.

Dangling Toys.

Bat the Ball.

High Chair Fling.

Ice Cube on a Tray.

If It Doesn’t Hurt—It’s a Toy.

A Spotlight in the Dark.

What’s out There?

Where’d It Go?

PART TWO Games for 1- to 3-Year-Olds.

Bracelet of Leaves.

The Enchantment of Water.

Follow the Floating Feather.

The Knocking Game.

Ping-Pong Balls and Coffee Cans.