Learning Games: Exploring the Senses Through Play

By Jackie Silberg

How do children learn about the world around them? They touch, taste, see, smell and hear it, of course!

With over 200 activities, Learning Games will delight children as they expand their learning by engaging all of their senses. The chapters are organized by each of the five senses, with a bonus chapter of multi-sensory activities. The games and activities are designed to help children identify and use their senses-essential tools for understanding the world.

Games Include:
Partner Listening
Paper Plate Shakers
I've Got a Rhythm
Dolphin Talk
Listening to Paper
The Binocular Game
Color My World
Glowing Mobile
Walking Through Africa
Magnify Your Life
No Hands
Fingerpaint with Textures
Nose, Nose
Smelly Walk
Tongue Bumps
Sweet or Sour
Tasting in Space
Let's Taste Red
Taste Picture Book
Body Part Senses
Senses for the Hand

• Language: English
• Publisher: Gryphon House, Inc.
• Release date: Aug 25, 2017
• ISBN: 9780876597927

Jackie Silberg

Jackie Silberg, who has an M.S. in child development, is an early childhood advocate and popular keynote speaker. She received the Distinguished Alumna Award from Emporia State University, recognizing her current achievements as well as her long and prolific career. Jackie founded and directed the Jewish Community Center School of Music in Kansas City, Missouri, and worked for Channel 41 television, planning the music and performing her original music for a children's program called "41 Treehouse Lane." She wrote and produced a television show for Time Warner called "Just Kids," which addressed children's needs and interests. Jackie has worked as a consultant with the Discovery Channel, setting up their music streaming website. She has given workshops, keynote addresses, seminars, and family concerts throughout the U.S., Canada, Australia, Germany, and in Singapore. Jackie has served as an adjunct instructor at both Emporia State University and the University of Missouri at Kansas City and lectures at Johnson County Community College. Jackie is the owner of Miss Jackie Music Company.