4 year old sen activities
 

Can anyone help me please? I have been given 2 children who have special needs, they have difficulty with fine/gross motor skills, sensory, concentration problems and various other problems. I need some ideas of activities that I could do with these children . So I would be grateful if anyone has ideas

Hi, your children's parents will be a great source of information for this. Find out what activities everyone enjoys at home and importantly what sensory concerns and recommendations exist eg. audio/noise, textures, tastes, smells, light/dark and sight ie if particular objects or animals are liked/disliked.

Concentration and focus depends on a child's level of interest and the motivation to engage.

Can you use the children's interests to encourage them to practice fine motor skills such as using scissors, pencils and paintbrushes, wind-up toys, blowing bubbles through handheld wands, using a keyboard/button pressing, interlocking bricks, jigsaw puzzles, opening eggs to hide items inside. Finger gym, frog tiddly winks, threading?


Best wishes xx

My 1:1 loves the Play dough disco so we've made our own version ( so its not computer centred) its covers quite a few areas you mentioned, he does tend to mouth the dough at times though.
We weave ribbons in and out of the fences too. He likes to mark make in shaving foam and sand, we also use white boards alot as he enjoys wiping it all off again.
My 1:1 has a max attention of 3 mins, which does make planning a tricky task.
He's 4 by the way if that helps.

Thank you this has helped me loads .