The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun

When it came to activities for our child, we used to turn to therapists and doctors for everything. Most of the activities that we had for Matthew were usually limited to what he also performed in therapy sessions and speech therapy. We've reached a point however that when activities are repeated too often, Matthew becomes less enthusiastic and less compliant. Tantrums aren't too far away if you force him to do activities that he feels he has already done well in the past.

Good thing my wife was able to spot a copy of The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun, Revised Edition: Activities for Kids with Sensory Processing Disorder at National Bookstore. And it was on sale at the time! Every September, National Bookstore has a half price sale for a lot of their stock. This is a yearly book event that I actually look forward to.

Anyway, back to the book. The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun is just full of activites that you can use to help you child get better with certain skills. Like one activity that we have Matthew do to make him cooperate with the next activities. We have him blow balls of cotton across the floor using a cut piece of straw. The blowing helps Matthew develop the muscles used for speech. He also has to move while he is on his hands and knees for this activity and that improves his tactile sense. Another activity we got from the books was marble trails. It's painting with marbles! Using marbles dipped in paint, Matthew can create a 'painting' by rolling around the marble in a pan lined with paper. He can use different colors, using a marble from each of the paints.

The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun has already helped us, and we haven't even gone through a fourth of the games in it. It will surely be useful still in the future. If you want to buy a copy, The Out-of-Sync Child Has Fun is available in Amazon for just US$10. I am sure it will be a great resource for any parent, therapist and care provider of children with sensory disorders.