Ants In Their Pants

P/B • 215mm x 280mm • 224 Pages ISBN 9781933653877 Teaching Children Who Must Move to Learn From sunup to sundown, extra busy children have an endless supply of energy and remain on the move throughout the day. Ants in Their Pants offers successful and tested techniques to help caregivers, educators, and parents provide the best support to active learners so they can thrive in the classroom and at home. These ideas, from a teacher of both special and general education who is a parent of an extra busy child, provide information on how to: help extra busy children use their energy to learn help teachers understand the kinaesthetic nature of extra busy children create the best environment for learning and playing incorporate sensory integration activities redirect excess energy in a positive direction. Contents Acknowledgments Introduction Why I wrote this book How to get the most out of this book What ants in their pants means What all children need, especially extra busy kinaesthetic children Ten common characteristics of extra busy kinaesthetic children The most powerful teaching tool for extra busy children What Makes Extra Busy Kinaesthetic Children Tick? Understanding the kinaesthetic nature of extra busy children Kinaesthetic experiences to T.H.I.N.K. about Questionnaire for finding an extra busy kinaesthetic childs formula for ticking Connecting with extra busy children Calming extra busy bees Ways to calm extra busy children An Extra Busy Child’s Best Environment Developmentally appropriate practice The power of a predictable schedule Classroom tools and techniques Extra tool tidbits In closing Working with Extra Busy Children The power of sign language Transitioning ideas Redirecting extra energy Logging busy behaviour In closing Ready, Set, Play Constructive play Limited space play Outdoor play Physical play Water play (and consumption) Books Boxes for play In closing Sensory Integration and Extra Busy Kinaesthetic Children Sixty-seven sensory play and art activities Goopy, gooey busyness Music and movement In closing The Basics of Sleeping and Eating for Extra Busy Kinaesthetic Children The importance of proper food and sleep Simple staple foods Sleep matters Bedtime routines In closing Lets Wrap Up An obvious increase in busyness A few final thoughts And one more thing Appendix A Helping parents of extra busy children Helping teachers of extra busy children Appendix B Calendar Logging page Portfolio report Bedtime check-off card