Approaches to support physical needs

Approaches to support physical needs is a downloadable pdf document from Cheshire East Local Authority providing ideas for physical play activities.

Free downloadable resource on website.

Blobble Write

Blobble Write is an app that help young children develop their handwriting skills and learn to write letters and numbers.

£2.99

Circle of Friends

Circle of Friends is an approach to enhancing the inclusion, in a mainstream setting, of any child or young person who is experiencing difficulties in school because of disability, personal crisis or because of their challenging behaviour towards others. Circle of Friends works by mobilising the young person’s peers to provide support and engage in problem solving with the person in difficulty. This intervention is aimed at children and young people aged 5 to 18 years.

Creating Circle of Friends Book £17.99.

Clever Fingers

Clever Fingers are creative activities that have been specifically selected to support children to develop their fine motor skills.

£49 to £225 plus P&P

Detailed Assessment of Speed of Handwriting (DASH)

DASH assesses handwriting speed in children and young people aged between 9 years to 16 years 11 months.

Starter and full testing kits from £154.31.

Dexteria Jr.

Dexteria Jr is an app that supports the development of fine motor skills and handwriting readiness through hand and finger exercises. The activities are suitable for children aged 2 to 6 years.

£3.99

Dough Disco

Dough Disco This free and simple activity involves moulding play dough in time to music such as rolling, squeezing and flattening to develop fine motor skills.

Free

Funky Fingers and Finger Gym

Funky fingers and finger gym encourages the development of fine motor skills and pre-handwriting skills using play activities.

Free

Hairy Letters

Hairy Letters is an app for children aged 4 to 6 years learn the letters of the alphabet and trace the letter shape using their fingers.

£2.99

Keyboarding Without Tears

Keyboarding Without Tears is a programme that teaches pre-keyboarding and keyboarding skills to children.

Resources range from £11.28 to £22.00.

Motor Skills United

Motor Skills United was developed by Stockport Children’s Occupational Therapy Service and consists of 70 large and small room activities to support the development of fine and gross motor skills.

£59.94 inc. VAT

Move ‘n’ sit or disc ‘o’ sit

Move ‘n’ sit/disc ‘o’ sit wobble cushions help to improve sitting posture and attention and concentration.

£22.99 

Physical Literacy

Physical Literacy is a way of describing the movement skills that a child develops. Ideas for activities and different skill areas are included.

Free

Ready Steady Write

Ready Steady Write is a free Occupational Therapy programme to support children to improve their ability to produce fluent, spontaneous and legible handwriting.

Free

Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle

Squiggle Whilst You Wiggle is a Kinaesthetic approach to stimulate early writing.

£36

Write Dance

Write Dance incorporates music and dance to develop the skills needed for handwriting.

Books range from £30.99 to £31.74. Training packages range from £395 to £850.

Write From the Start (Teodorescu Perceptuo-Motor Programme)

Write From the Start (Teodorescu Perceptuo-Motor Programme) contains over 400 graded activities to support perceptual and fine-motor development.

£34.99

Zones of Regulation

Zones of Regulation is an intervention that supports the development of self-regulation and emotional control.

£59.99

Free resources on website.