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Dyspraxia and Coordination Difficulties – What to do and what to avoid

Quick guide for teachers – Kindergarten

Francesca Magostini

Product: Teaching tools

Trim size in cm: 14x21cm

Pages: 120

ISBN: 9788859046974

Publication date: 01/11/2026

Suitable for: Nursery 1st Level (ages 3-4), Nursery 2nd Level (ages 4-5)


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Coordination difficulties can become apparent in many everyday classroom activities: colouring, using scissors, getting dressed, joining in games or organising personal belongings. This guide offers ready-to-use strategies for dealing with 13 common situations associated with dyspraxia in early years settings, helping teachers and educators understand children’s difficulties and support their independence, participation and wellbeing.


Preface
Presentation
Introduction

Motor coordination skills
• Colours inaccurately
• Has difficulty drawing
• Finds pre-writing activities difficult
• Struggles during physical activities

Personal independence
• Needs support in the bathroom
• Is not independent at mealtimes
• Has difficulty organising personal belongings

Planning skills
• Has poor organisational skills
• Needs support to start an activity
• Is easily distracted

Interaction and communication skills
• Often plays alone
• Tends to run away
• Finds it difficult to tell or recount things

Conclusions
Appendix
Bibliography