Animals For Young-Autism & Special Needs Center

EIP (Early Intervention Program) at AFY Autism & Special Needs Centre, Cyberjaya, Malaysia Sequencing on the string- this activity helps promote attention and focus, hand-eye coordination, and problem-solving skills. Children learn to pay attention to the sequence and patterns and then copy those to create their own strings.

Using hands to pick up green beans and place them into different bottle caps is a beneficial activity for children’s development. It helps strengthen fine motor skills by encouraging the use of finger muscles and pincer grasp, which are important for writing, buttoning clothes, and other daily tasks. The activity also supports hand-eye coordination, bilateral coordination, and concentration as children carefully control their movements.

From a sensory integration perspective, handling the beans provides tactile input through different textures and shapes, helping children process sensory information more effectively. Sorting the beans into specific bottle caps also promotes visual discrimination, problem-solving, and early cognitive skills such as matching, counting, and categorization. This simple hands-on activity combines sensory exploration with learning in a fun and engaging way.

Crumpling and wrapping paper may look simple, but it builds bilateral coordination, hand strength, fine motor control, and motor planning skills,all through play and exploration!

EIP (Early Intervention Program) at AFY Autism & Special Needs Centre, Cyberjaya, Malaysia Shapes on the grid - the children use coloured rubber bands to create the shapes on the cards given. This helps children with improving their attention and focus, as well as problem-solving skills. In addition, this activity promotes finger and hand strength, essential for starting writing.

Control your movement, improve your balance, and challenge your coordination. Small improvements lead to big results.

EIP (Early Intervention Program) at AFY Autism & Special Needs Centre, Cyberjaya, Malaysia Marble race 🏁🏁 a fun activity promoting attention and focus skills, regulating emotion, and problem-solving skills. This play activity helps children learn how to control emotions if they want to reach their goals.

Requesting is a valuable way for children to practice and develop their social skills. When children make requests, they learn how to communicate their needs, use appropriate language, and interact with others in a meaningful way. Requesting encourages children to gain another person’s attention, maintain eye contact, take turns in conversation, and respond appropriately to social situations. Through regular opportunities to request help, items, or information, children build confidence in expressing themselves while strengthening their communication, social interaction, and relationship-building skills.