Play activities assist in developing motor and process skills necessary for handwriting. Craft activities assist in developing fine motor skills. Adaptive assistive devices assist with enhancing handwriting skills. All of these activities enable young developing children to engage in occupations that enhance school life. This is all a part of doing, being, becoming and belonging.

2. School Work: Handwriting
Play activities assist in developing motor and
process skills necessary for handwriting
Craft activities assist in developing fine motor skills
Adaptive assistive devices assist with enhancing
handwriting skills
All of these activities enable young developing
children to engage in occupations that enhance
school life
All a part of doing, being, becoming and belonging
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making play just right. Sudbury: Jones & Bartlett Publishers.

3. Doing…
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4. Photo by Roxanne Waru

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6. Photo by Roxanne Waru

7. Being…
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9. Photo by Roxanne Waru

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studio3music.com/child-development/a-nation-of-wimps/

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12. Becoming…
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art_as_taught_in_the_classroom

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art_as_taught_in_the_classroom

14. Photo by Roxanne Waru

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18. Photo by Roxanne Waru

19. Belonging!
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kununurra-adventure.blogspot.co.nz/2011/11/graces-merit-certificate.html