Redbridge SERC

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Gross Motor Skills   ( Remove category)

Box of ideas - how to support students who are finding throwing and catching difficult

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Box of Ideas is a great website for students with Dyspraxia, Dyslexa, ASD  It provides simple support ideas for those students who are struggling.

Sesame Street - A very simple dance to do

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Screenshot of video: Sesame Street - A very simple dance to do

This is a simple dance that add's in a different movement each verse- good for memory too.

Hammering & jumping activity

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Here is a simple idea to encourage hand /eye coordination/ two hands working together and larger gross motor skills. I would use a brightly coloured string /washing line to help …

Make your own bowling set- start collecting water bottles in the staff room

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Here is a simple easy set you can make  Everybody walks aorund with a bottle of water- collect the empty bottles and turn it into skittle sets. Make different …

3 minute brain breaks

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A great collection of brain break activities - when you can see your class wriggling - stop for 3 mins and try one of these.

Reward bingo/ box

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This bingo idea would provide great individual rewards for students.   There is also a Reward box to download http://www.yourtherapysource.com/files/reward_box.pdf

Create, Hide and Lace Activity

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http://www.YourTherapySource.com - Create, Hide and Lace Activity. This is a fun outdoor activity that encourages fine motor, gross motor and visual perceptual skills

20 three minute movement breaks/ grouping ideas for the classroom

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There are some great ideas here to help give teachers' LSA's ways of adding movement in the class- this can be stood behind their chairs or simply a different way …