Coordinator: Colleen RobertsFacilitators: Leonie Wolmarans, Lidia Milne, Karin Daniels Consultant Occupational Therapist: Tracey Le Roux The Foundation Phase Enrichment Project is aimed at supporting learners who lack basic school readiness skills required for Grade R and Grade 1. Some learners do not attend Grade R and others experience learning and social difficulties. A variety of programmes have been designed by an occupational therapist to meet some of the various educational needs of Foundation Phase learners. The programme includes gross and fine motor skills, visual and auditory perception, eye tracking, literacy and numeracy and offers: READING (auditory perception, language skills, blending, sight words, reading) WRITING (letter formation, fine motor skills and visual perception) NUMERACY (spatial perception, number concepts, basic numeracy, colours and shapes, sequencing & sorting) FINE MOTOR SKILLS (scissor cutting, hand strength & dexterity, tripod dexterity, wrist exercise, touch perception) GROSS MOTOR SKILLS (midline crossing bilateral coordination, core stability, shoulder girdle, hand-eye coordination) VISUAL PERCEPTION (form perception & constancy, […]