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Developmentally Designed Interactive Story Play by OT & ST
“The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales” - 1st Book in the Series
The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales by Judy Benz Duncan, OT, and Cathy Anne Wilcox, Speech
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Developmentally Designed Interactive Story Play by OT & ST
By Judy Benz Duncan, OT, and Cathy Anne Wilcox, Speech
The focus of developmentally designed interactive story play (ISP) is to facilitate developmentally based movement patterns through play. The ISP series of books, activity manuals, and free downloads will be available for parent and professional use. Examples of specific illustrations and related activities are provided below.
The guided imagery used within the story line blends physical interaction with imaginative thought. Using therapeutic techniques and strategies for optimal results, ISP promotes the functional development of physical, cognitive, speech-language, and sensory integrative skills.
The basis of ISP promotes active role play, integrates and facilitates developmentally based movement patterns, develops gross to fine motor coordination and control, addresses functional interaction with the environment while building sensory integrative foundation skills, and guides in the learning of self awareness as the child maneuvers their body through space.
Playful interaction, beginning in infancy, is crucial to a child's learning abilities, language, speech, and overall emotional balance. Development of motor skills not only impact on the self-esteem of a child but help parents and caregivers participate more fully in their child's development. Interactive story play (ISP) incorporates sensory integration through touch, movement, and body awareness within the realm of play.
Interactive Story Play: “The Big Alphabet Book
of Critter Tales”
First Book in the Interactive Story Play Series
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Interactive Story Play Series Developed by OT & ST
TheraPlay4Kids uses Interactive Story Play (ISP) to engage children in the practice of developmental skills. Therapeutic based activities, ideas, exercises, blogs, newsletters, and an open forum for additional support are also available to enhance the TheraPlay4kids experience! Interactive Story Play is being brought to reality through the combined efforts of OT and ST. Meet us on About Me Page.
The first book in the ISP Series is: “The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales,” is a fully interactive illustrated children’s book where each letter of the alphabet (A through Z) introduces a “critter” with it’s own unique “tale.” In “The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales,” each original full-color illustration captures the attention, where each one of the 26 “critter tales” promotes imagination, creative thought, and speech-language development.
Examples of Illustrations from book:
NOTE: Each “Critter Tale” has a little story with words specific to the “Letter of the Alphabet” that promotes oral-motor sequencing, word formation, and tongue control, combined with sight, sound, and new discovery! The accompanying supplemental workbook has developmental and therapeutically based activities, exercises, and games specific to each “critter tale” and “letter” for a total of 26 different tales and activities.
The book, “The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales” delivers the full benefit of interactive story play in a fun, unique, and developmentally sound way.
Included in the critter tales alphabet book are OT and ST based activities, exercises, and playtime ideas. These activities, games, and play-time ideas are developmentally based with therapeutic applications that can be used to enhance motor function, cognitive and perceptual development, speech-language skills, and develop a functional sensory integration foundation base.
“The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales” can be thoroughly enjoyed as a great illustrated story book and fun early learning experiences to share with any child. Using the included OT and ST based activity pages however, adds a whole new dimension to the concept of interactive story play and developmental learning.
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Examples of Book Pages, Activity Guides Follow:
From “The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales” - Letter “M” -
Macaroni and Mascarpone, two mini mice brothers, ran through the mouse maze marathon in magnificent time! Using only their nose and little hands, they made their way through miles of tempting maize and millet, marvelous meatballs, Montboissie cheese, macadamia nuts, mango’s, and around bowls of sticky maple syrup, without ever stopping for even one nibble. All those mouse favorites quickly disappeared in a munch fest after the race though! Mmmyum mmmyum mmmm mmm mm, tummy’s all full!
“M” is for Macaroni and Mascarpone, two mice brothers
"The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales" - Letter "X" - Xavier, the little x-ray tetra, liked to play all day in his fish bowl. He had his xylophone which played bubble music, and a treasure chest filled full of X’s for his X-Marks-the-Spot Game. His favorite activity though, was the peek-a-boo, hide-and-seek game, that he played with his friend, Xiang Xin, the very rare Xigxag Chinese cat.
“X” is for
Xavier the little
X-Ray Tetra
Original Illustration from "The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales" - Letter "J"
Juggling jelly beans is so much fun! Red, blue, yellow, green, purple and pink juicy jellies! There is always time to juggle them over your head, down by your toes, behind your back, it’s all quite a feat! Jacaranda jaguar was a jelly juggling master, tossing them left, right, upside down, and backwards too! Pay close attention, as she may even surprise you with a 1, 2, 3, juggle right into your mouth for a tasty treat!!
“J” is for Jacaranda Jaguar
“The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales” - Letter "Z": Zambeeni, the happy little zebra zipped along, zig-zagging back and forth along the Zambezi river, colorful Zinnia flowers, tucked in her stubbly mane, flew out to float away in the water flowing from Zambia to Zimbabwe. It was a great day to zoom along on a fun run!
“Z” is for Zambeeni Zebra
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"The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales" - Letter "U": Ursula Utah, a unicorn of uncommon beauty, slept the night away, her unmistakable uni-horn glowing like a night-light underneath the trees. Ursula’s unique dreams included sailing away in an upside-down umbrella on uncharted waters, riding a unicycle underwater with a sea urchin friend, listening to her uncle make music on an unstrung ukulele, and trying to eat spaghetti without a utensil. She woke up tired from all the fun!
“U” is for
Ursula Utah
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“The Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales” - Letter "H”: Herkimer Horachio Huggins, the handsome Harlequin horse, held his head high after a hard day of pulling heavy loads of hay and hickory logs over the many hills at the Flying "H" ranch. In the evenings he relaxed by playing hopscotch with the hens.
“H” is for Herkimer Horachio Huggins, the Harlequin Horse
From the "Big Alphabet Book of Critter Tales", comes Letter "T": Trampoline Time for Teddy Tarantula was at two, ten, and three o’clock. Tip-toe bounce. Tip-toe jump. Tip-toe turn around on hairy little toes. He knew more than twenty trampoline tricks, but Teddy T loved to do the twirl and spin during a triple-double bounce that totally terrified his teacher. The tick-tock of the clock told Teddy it was time for another trick!
“T” is for
Teddy Tarantula
Play is Learning!
Judy Benz Duncan, Occupational Therapist