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Sensory Building Block Advent Calendar | NDIS Fine Motor Aid

Sensory Building Block Advent Calendar | NDIS Fine Motor Aid

Regular price $39.99
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Building Capacity & Independence

  • Daily Fine Motor Therapy: 24 days of small building tasks strengthen pincer grip and hand-eye coordination.
  • Visual Routine Builder: A concrete countdown system that reduces anxiety and provides structure during the holidays.
  • Promotes Focus & Attention: Small, achievable daily construction tasks help build concentration and task completion skills.
  • Sensory Regulation: Tactile building play offers a grounding activity to help manage excitement or sensory overload.
  • NDIS Consumable Resource: Qualifies as a capacity-building tool for developing motor skills and emotional regulation.
NDIS Claims Ready Code: 03_222100911_0124_1_1
What does "Claims Ready" mean?
Support Item: Low Cost AT - Communication or Cognitive Support
Category: ["Category 03: Consumables"]

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Transform the holiday countdown into a daily opportunity for skill development with the Sensory Building Block Advent Calendar. This engaging set is a valuable piece of low cost assistive technology that replaces the anxiety of the unknown with a structured, predictable routine. By revealing a new building activity each day, it supports fine motor development, focus, and sensory regulation during a typically high-stimulation time of year.

How This Activity Set Supports NDIS Participants

The holiday season often brings disrupted routines. This calendar provides a grounding daily activity that supports specific functional goals:

  • Building Fine Motor Skills: The daily task of assembling small building blocks requires precise finger manipulation, pincer grip, and hand-eye coordination. This turns a fun activity into 24 days of consistent fine motor therapy practice.

  • Providing Routine & Predictability: For children with Autism or ADHD, the anticipation of Christmas can be overwhelming. This calendar acts as a visual countdown, providing a concrete, predictable structure to the month which helps manage anxiety and regulate emotions.

  • Enhancing Focus & Task Completion: Each day offers a "micro-task"—a small, achievable building project. This helps build attention span and provides a quick dopamine hit of success, fostering confidence and the ability to follow a sequence.

  • Sensory Regulation: The tactile sensation of clicking blocks together provides proprioceptive feedback, which can be calming and grounding for children seeking sensory input.

Key Features & Benefits

  • 24 Days of Skill Building: Includes 24 individual compartments, each containing a unique building block set to assemble.

  • Encourages Logical Thinking: Assembling the pieces requires planning and problem-solving, engaging cognitive faculties in a low-pressure environment.

  • Compact & Portable: The individual daily surprises are small and easy to transport, allowing the routine to continue even when travelling or visiting family.

  • Safe Materials: Made from high-quality, non-toxic ABS plastic with smooth edges, ensuring safe tactile exploration.

Meticulous Specifications

  • Material: ABS Plastic

  • Count: 24 Individual Building Sets

  • Theme: Holiday / Winter

  • Skill Focus: Fine Motor, Sequencing, Focus

  • Packaging: Blind Box Advent Style

Package Includes

  • 1 x 24-Day Building Block Advent Calendar Box

NDIS CLAIMS READY

Funding & Eligibility

This product is designed to support daily living goals and is generally compliant with Core - Consumables funding.

  • Support Item Name: Low Cost AT - Communication Or Cognitive Support
  • Support Item Number: 03_222100911_0124_1_1
  • Budget Category: Core - Consumables

How to Order:

  • Plan Managed: Add to cart and select "NDIS Checkout". This generates a formal tax invoice for your Plan Manager to pay via email.
  • Self Managed: Purchase online for an instant tax invoice, or use "NDIS Checkout" if you prefer an invoice to upload to the MyPlace portal before paying.
  • NDIA (Agency) Managed: Use the "NDIS Checkout" to generate a quote. We will then arrange a service booking (endorsement might be required).

*Participant's funding eligibility is subject to their individual NDIS plan goals.

The Sensory Building Block Advent Calendar is a capacity-building resource designed to assist NDIS participants in achieving goals related to fine motor development, routine management, and emotional regulation. It is classified as Low Cost Assistive Technology / Consumables - a structured activity for skill acquisition.

How This Item Can Support NDIS Goals

This activity set directly supports NDIS goals related to physical development and emotional wellbeing by:

Improving Fine Motor Skills: For participants with fine motor delays or dyspraxia, manipulating the small blocks provides essential daily practice. This strengthens hand muscles and improves the dexterity required for daily tasks like writing and self-care.

Managing Routine & Anxiety: For participants with Autism, the holiday period can be distressing due to a lack of routine. This calendar provides a consistent, predictable daily event (a visual countdown), helping to manage anxiety and regulate emotions through structure.

Enhancing Sequencing & Focus: Following the assembly steps for each daily item supports executive function. It teaches the participant to follow a sequence to achieve a result, improving attention span and patience.

Meeting 'Reasonable & Necessary' Criteria

This calendar aligns with the NDIS 'Reasonable and Necessary' criteria by being a cost-effective therapeutic tool that encourages daily practice of therapy goals in a home setting.

It represents excellent value for money by providing 24 separate activities in one package. As a piece of capacity building technology, it is a practical investment in skill maintenance during the school holidays.

Some products are shipped through authorised logistics partners, including Amazon. Your purchase is always with LowCost AT, and we remain your responsible Australian supplier and NDIS registered provider.

Assistive Benefit: Daily fine motor & sequencing practice; visual countdown reduces holiday anxiety for Autism/ADHD.

NDIS Category: Low Cost AT / Therapeutic Resource.

Contents: 24 Daily Building Tasks.

Material: ABS Plastic.

Focus: Routine & Dexterity.

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