Adapting Skills for Every Child Guide

Helping young children develop fundamental skills requires thoughtful adaptations to match their developmental stages. Adapting Skills for Every Child is a practical guide designed for educators, parents, and caregivers to create engaging, developmentally appropriate activities.

This resource outlines eight key principles—including weight, distance, width, equipment size, support, speed, repetition, and complexity—offering clear strategies to modify skills based on each child’s needs.

With step-by-step guidance and real-world examples, this guide ensures every child has the opportunity to build confidence, improve coordination, and progress at their own pace.

What's inside

This guide provides practical strategies to help young children develop fundamental skills through thoughtful adaptations. Inside, you’ll find:

8 Key Principles for Skill Adaptation – Learn how factors like weight, distance, width, equipment size, support, speed, repetition, and complexity impact skill development.

Step-by-Step Adaptation Strategies – Discover how to modify activities to make learning easier for beginners or more challenging as children progress.

Real Examples – Explore practical examples of how to apply each principle in early years learning environments.

Whether you're an educator, parent, or caregiver, this guide will help you create developmentally appropriate activities that support confidence, coordination, and growth in young learners.

Perfect for early years educators and anyone supporting young learners, this guide provides simple yet effective techniques to enhance skill development in a fun and structured way.

Format

This Guide is provided as a downloadable PDF, making it easy to access, print, and use in any early years setting.

Copyright

Copyright© 2025 Dr. Leanne Jaye. All rights reserved.

This document is protected by copyright law. It includes original content created by Dr. Leanne Jaye.

No part of this document may be reproduced, distributed, or used without written permission, except for brief excerpts for review or educational purposes.

For inquiries regarding usage rights, please contact Dr. Leanne Jaye at LEANNEJAYE@OUTLOOK.COM.