Everyday Play
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Gross motor skills defined
H
Hair bows
Hair clips
Hairbrushes
Hammers
Hand strength
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
Hand-dominance/handedness
defined
Hole punches
Holidays
I
Imagination
Imitating
Incline boards
Index cards
Indian corn
In-hand manipulation
defined
Ivory® soap
J
Jell-O® gelatin
Jewelry beads
Jewelry boxes
Jewels
Journaling
Junk mail
K
Kitchen sponges
Knives
plastic
X-ACTO™
L
Lace
Laces
Lacing cards
making
Laminate
Laminated paper
Large motor skills. See Gross motor skills
Leaves
Lego® blocks
Length
Letters
Liquid soap
M
Magazines
inserts
Magnetic boards
Magnetic pieces
Makeup brushes
Makeup sponges
Mallets
Marbles
Markers
dry-erase
large
thin
Marshmallows
Masking tape
Masks
Matching skills
Measuring cups
Measuring spoons
Medicine bottles
Medicine droppers. See Eyedroppers
Melons
Memo pads
Messenger bags
Michaelangelo
Mini-muffin pans
Mirrors
handheld
Mobiles
Modeling
Modeling clay
Money skills
Moore, Henry
Mulch
Muscle control
Muscle tone
N
Natural sponges
Newspaper
Newsprint
Nickels
Notepads
Nut cups
Nuts
O
Oak tag
Occupational therapists defined
On the Launch Pad: A Counting Book About Rockets by Michael Dahl
Onionskin paper
Open-ended activities
defined
Outdoor activities
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
P
Packing tape
Paint
acrylic
fingerpaint
tempera
watercolor
Paint pens
Paint rollers
Paint shirts
Paintbrushes
bulb
large
small
Pans
mini-muffin
pie
pizza
Paper
cardstock
construction
contact
fingerpaint
for cutting
graph
heavy
laminated
newspaper
oak tag
onionskin
scrapbook
thin
tissue
tracing
typing
wax
wrapping
Paper bags
Paper clips
Paper cups
Paper dolls
pattern
Paper plates
Paper towels
tubes
Patterns
Pea gravel
Pebbles
Pegboards
Pegs
Pencil grasp
defined
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
Pencil grips
defined
Pencils
colored
golf
thick
Pennies
Pens
glitter
paint
Photos
Pie tins
Piggy banks
Pillows
Pincer grasp
defined
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
Pineapple
Pipettes
defined
Pizza boards
Pizza pans
Plants
Plastic
bottles
containers
cups
eyes
forks
jars
knives
lids
scissors
spoons
straws
string
toys
wrap
Play money
Playdough
Pompoms
Positional words
Poster board
Posture
three-year-olds
Potting soil
Pouring skills
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
Pride
Printers
Proprioceptive sense defined
Pumpkin seeds
Puppets
finger
Puzzles
PVC connectors
PVC pipes
Q
Quadripod grasp
defined
Quarters
R
Rags
Reaching
Reciprocal hand skills
defined
Release
defined
four-year-olds
Resealable bags
Ribbons
Roaring Rockets (Amazing Machines) by Tony Mitton
Rocks
Rodin, Auguste
Rolling pins
Rope
Rubber bands
Rubber stamps
Rulers
S
Safety notes
Sand
Sand castle clay
Sand toys
Sandpaper
Scissors
plastic
Scrapbook paper
Screwdrivers
Screws
Security
Seeds
Self-confidence
Self-expression
Self-portraits
Sequins
Shakers
Shapes
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
templates
three-year-olds
Sheets
Shells
Shoeboxes
Shoelaces
Shoes
Shoulder strength
Shovels
Shower curtains
Sidewalk chalk
Silk
Simon Says
Singing activities
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
Skewers
Small motor skills. See Fine motor skills
Snacks
shish-kabob
sugar cookies
Snaps
Soap
foam
Ivory®
liquid
Sorting
Sparkles
Sponges
Spoons
measuring
plastic
Spray bottles
Stamp pads
Stamps
Staple guns
Staplers
Static tripod grasp
defi
ned
Stencils
Stickers
reusable
Sticky notes
Stones
Storytelling
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
Strawberries
Straws
plastic
String
plastic
Stringing/lacing skills
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
Stuffed animals
Stylus
defined
Styrofoam pieces
Sugar cookies
Sunflower seeds
Symbolic representation
T
Tables
Tactile sense
defined
Tambourines
Tape
duct
electrical
masking
packing
Telephone books
Telescopes
Tempera paint
Temperament
Templates
shape
Thread
Three-ring binders
Three-year-olds
bilateral coordination
bilateral hand skills
coordination
copying skills
counting skills
cutting skills
dressing skills
eye-hand coordination
feeding skills
finger coordination
finger isolation
finger strength
grasp
hand strength
outdoor activities
pencil grasp
pincer grasp
posture
pouring skills
shapes
singing activities
sizes
storytelling
stringing/lacing skills
tracing skills
upper-body strength
vertical surfaces
wrist control
writing/drawing tools
Tissue paper
Tongs
Toolboxes
Toothpicks
Tracing paper
Tracing skills
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
Travel-size bottles
Treasure maps
Trucks
Trust
Turkey basters
Tweezers
Typing paper
U
Unisets
Upper-body strength
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
V
Velvet
Vertical surfaces
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
Vinyl tablecloths
W
Wallets
Wand
Washable inkpads
Water
Watercolor paint
Wax paper
Weights
Width
Window stickers
Wood
Wood glue
Wooden clothespins
Wooden dowel rods
Wooden toys
Wrapping paper
foil
tubes
Wrist control
three-year-olds
Writing skills
backwards
developmental steps
don’t rush
five-year-olds
four-year-olds
three-year-olds
tools
X
X-ACTO™ knives
Y
Yarn
Z
Zippers
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Illustrations: Chris Wold Dyrud
Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Information:
Isbell, Christy.
Everyday play / by Christy Isbell ; illustrated by Chris Wold Dyrud ; photographs by Christy Isbell.
p. cm.
eISBN : 978-0-876-59330-1
1. Motor ability in children. 2. Left- and right-handedness. 3. Play.
I. Title.
BF723.M6I83 2010
155.4’1235—dc22
2009044841