TITLE The Results of Sensory Motor or Perceptual Motcr Programs on Beginning Reading Skills--A Review of the Literature.

This thesis reviews those articles that have been published since the early 1960s in the area of perceptual-motor and sensory-motor programs which affect reading readiness in beginning readers at the kindergarten-first grade level. The contents include: "Reading: A Definition, " which looks at some of the definitions proffered by authors in the field of reading; "Perceptual-Motor or Sensory-Motor (Programs)--A Definition, " which discusses several of the sensory motor skills; "A Description of 'Readiness ' as It Relates to Reading, " which presents the views of authorities about predictors of success in reading; "Reading Readiness Skills, " which discusses some of the readiness skills; "Gross-Motor Training Programs, " which presents articles and other works which are based on t}-e use cf gross-motor, perceptual-motor, or sensory-motor training programs; "Fine-Motor Training Programs, " which presents articles and othe