Book Reviews
(2012) This Entire Set is Very User Friendly, by Elise Ronan
Published June 30, on PracticalAutism.com
There is no doubt that this entire set is very user friendly. The cards are listed in groups of beginner, intermediate and advanced. Each individual card comes with an explanation of the purpose of the activity. Every card has a supply list, which can include anything from “yourself” to a mini-trampoline to typical household items to requiring a trip to the hobby shop…NOT TO WORRY…there are so many activities to chose from that no budget gets overwhelmed.
Read More(2012) “The Out-of-Sync Child”: Book Review, by Tara Neale
Published March 27, on Islington Homeschool Mom.com
Have you ever read something and had an “Ah-ha” moment? As if you had found the missing piece of the puzzle? As if suddenly a light bulb went on and everything made perfect sense? The fog had cleared and for the first time you could see where you were going?
That is how I felt when I read The Out-of-Sync Child…
Read More(2012) Help Children Develop to Their Full Potential, by Lorna d’Entremont
Published July 17 on Sentio Life Solutions / Special Needs Book Review
What can parents do to help children develop to their full potential? Remember Joye Newman and Carol Kranowitz and their highly regarded book, Growing an In-Sync Child? Now these experts in child development have come out with In-Sync Activity Cards.
Read More(2012) In-Sync Activity Cards to address sensory, motor and visual skills, by Dennise Goldberg
Published July 5, on Special Education & IEP Advisor
Now that we are in the dog days of summer, for those parents who are looking for a fun and educational way to improve your child’s sensory, motor and visual skills, the In-Sync Activity Cards might just be the way to go! The authors of Growing an In-Sync Child, Joye Newman, MA, and Carol Kranowitz, MA, have developed fun activity cards to assist parents with their child’s sensory, motor or visual processing needs.
Read More(2011) Resources for Early Childhood Motor Development, by Lorna d’Entremont
(2011) This Book is for Every Child, by Milena Barrett
Published on February 1, on BeYourBestMom.com
This book is for every child. It explores the importance of early motor skills and how it effects a child’s physical, emotional, academic and overall success. It includes the In-Sync Program of sixty activities that are fun and are made to enhance a child’s development in just minutes a day. EVERY parent should buy this book!
Read More(2011) Growing an In-Sync Child (Giveaway!), by Amanda Morgan
Published March 9, on NotJustCute.com
The premise of the new book really struck me, and yet seemed so obvious. The work that Carol and Joye had devoted more than 70 combined years to, has been life-changing for children with SPD. But children with SPD are not the only ones who become out-of-sync. We all have our out-of-sync moments. In fact, today’s pace and culture seems often to perpetuate this out-of-sync state. As Joye and Carol question in their book, “Is it the child that is out of sync – or is it the world?”
Read More(2011) Outstanding Book, by Sunity Murty, M.S., OTR/L
Published January 6, on PediaStaff.com
Carol and Joye have done a great job explaining the components of the nervous system, how they impact every day life and how to get them in sync to recognize, react and adapt to incoming sensory information. Components such as the proprioceptive, vestibular and tactile systems are clearly explained for anyone to understand. Additionally, balance, bilateral coordination, body awareness, directionality, laterality, midline crossing, motor planning, spatial awareness, acuity, binocularity and visual tracking are described with examples of everyday activities which involve these tasks. The authors do a nice job of showing how a simple task, such as getting out of bed, requires a complex array of systems including proper vestibular processing, proprioception, balance, motor planning, tactile processing and bilateral coordination.
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