Sensory Play in Libraries: A Survey of Different Approaches

Authors

  • Katherine Hickey
  • Tara Golden
  • Amy Thomas

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.5860/cal.16.3.18

Abstract

Child psychologist Jean Piaget argued in the 1960s that children enter into a developmental stage of sensorimotor development between birth and two years old. In this stage, children learn to posit their bodies in their environment and rely on their senses to gain information about the world around them. The combination of sensory perceptions and motor skills creates the earliest form of intelligence.

Author Biographies

Katherine Hickey

Katherine Hickey is a children’s librarian for the Metropolitan Library System (Belle Isle branch) in Oklahoma. She works primarily with babies and toddlers and is passionate about bringing child development theory and principles into early childhood programming.

Tara Golden

Tara Golden is a children’s librarian at the Midwest City branch of the Metropolitan Library System. She has worked in urban and suburban public libraries since 2012 and has served an array of people. She has a passion for nurturing inclusive communities and believes strongly in promoting equality and empathy for all people.

Amy Thomas

Amy Thomas is a children’s librarian for the Metropolitan Library System at the Edmond branch. She has a passion for passing on a love of learning and a love for libraries to the youngest of customers in her community.

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Published

2018-09-24

Issue

Vol. 16 No. 3 (2018): Fall

Section

Features

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