A grant from FSAS was utilized to acquire building materials more suitable for the Special Needs population at the school. The existing building sets, which contained small parts, were challenging for students with underdeveloped fine motor skills to manipulate.
The goal was to make the curriculum accessible to all students by providing them with materials they could use successfully. Recognizing that students with fine motor difficulties struggled with the small components of the current building materials, the school sought to expand its resources. They aimed to include larger scale manipulatives, such as Duplo Blocks, which are bigger than Legos, and MegaBloks, which are even larger than Duplo Blocks, yet all serve a similar function.
The intention was to enhance the variety of options available to students with special needs, enabling them to engage more fully in classroom activities. An additional benefit of this initiative was that all students would have access to these new materials, with priority given to those with different abilities.
