Physical Development

Gross Motor

At Aldeburgh, we use Complete PE to support with the children's Gross Motor skills, and we cover:

- Team games (attack vs. defence) 

- Ball skills

- Gymnastics 

- Dance

- Health and Wellbeing

- Locomotion (jumping/walking) 

Fine Motor

Activities to develop your child's fine motor skills:

1. Building shoulder and arm strength, which precedes wrist and finger strength:

- Sweeping with brooms

- Using chalk outside

- Painting with water on walls and floors

- Lifting and carrying large objects, e.g. making obstacle courses 

2. Building wrist and finger strength:

- Beads

- Threading

- Pegs

- Playdough / dough disco

- Cutting

- Painting

- Puzzles

- Lego / duplo

- Lacing / weaving

- Stickers

- Gluing e.g. with sequins

- Using musical instruments

- Using tweezers to pick up small objects

- Mark making in sand or flour

- Bending and shaping pipe cleaners

- Printing things with paint