MOTOR SKILLS Write from the Start Lois Addy & Ion Teodorescu The ability to produce fluent, legible handwriting has been given an increased focus, and affects attainment in many areas. If a child struggles to master this vital skill the implications can be serious. However, the process of handwriting involves the complex co-ordination of motor, perceptual and cognitive skills which do not always develop spontaneously but which require considerable explanation, demonstration, experimentation and practice. The Write from the Start programme offers a different and effective approach that will guide children through the various stages of perceptual and fine-motor development to lay the foundations for flowing, accurate handwriting. The programme contains over 400 graded activities that develop the intrinsic muscles of the hand so that children gain the necessary control to form letter shapes and create appropriate spaces between words, alongside the following perceptual skills required to orientate letters and organise the page: • hand–eye co-ordination • form constancy • spatial organisation • figure-ground discrimination • orientation • laterality This cumulative programme is structured into 8 sections. Age Suitability: mainstream children aged 4–6 or older children with DCD/additional learning needs. Contains: Workbook 1 (120 A4 pages), Workbook 2 (136 A4 pages) and a Teacher’s Handbook (20 A4 pages).
ISBN 9781855032453 ECMT01082
£41.95
Get Physical! Lois Addy Designed as an inclusive PE scheme, the materials in this unique programme provide focused support for those children with specific motor problems. Lois Addy is a paediatric occupational therapist and senior lecturer who has written extensively on helping children with perceptual and motor difficulties, making Get Physical! suitable for use by class teachers, occupational therapists or physiotherapists. Get Physical! provides 40 clear, detailed lesson plans that: • develop important perceptual and motor process skills in all children • are formative and diagnostic, enabling you to identify individual areas of need • help you to integrate learning in PE with other aspects of the curriculum • covers the National Curriculum programme of study for games and gymnastics at Key Stage 1 (ages 5-7). Contains 148 A4 pages.
ISBN 9781855034068 EEMT10004
Cutting Skills Mark & Katy Hill Build robots, design flags, make spinning snakes, pack for a journey and learn how to develop scissor technique without even noticing! Contains 48 A4 photocopiable pages of imaginative and challenging activities - developed by experienced teachers to help children to develop hand-eye co-ordination, motor skills and scissor control.
ISBN 9781855033498 EEMT00565
£17.95
£18.95
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