#OT HANDWRITING PROGRAMS SERIES#
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The email series is a true resource for anyone who works with kids on handwriting. These emails include topics that really play into legibility of written work, like letter formation, line awareness, spatial awareness, and other areas. When you enter your email, you’ll receive a series of 6 emails based on the underlying areas that make up handwriting. So many therapists, teachers, and parents have downloaded this resource and added it to their handwriting toolbox. There are so many skills kids need for handwriting. Scroll down to find the tools you need to address handwriting issues, big and small!īut first, here is a fantastic tool that explains everything you need to know about handwriting. If you have a very young child, or a child who is just a little behind where they should be, then the fine motor activities on my site may help you to boost your child's development.īut if you are concerned about your child’s development, or if your child really struggles to keep up with peers in fine motor skills, I really recommend you get an occupational therapy evaluation and advice as soon as possible, so your child does not have to struggle unnecessarily.This is a space where we share tips, tricks, and fun ways to improve handwriting in new writers and children who are not yet writing with a pencil. They just need some encouragement and the right kind of opportunities. Some kids respond very quickly to the right kind of activities geared to improving fine motor skills. Using these activities, your child can develop the feel and technique for formingĭifferent letters and numbers, without the stress of controlling a There are lots of brilliantĪctivities out there to help kids recognise lettersĪnd numbers, using playdough, wikkistix, stickers etc, but my focus is on the actual movement required. So, my focus with these letter formation activities is to help children master the visual-motor aspect of a flowing letter formation, in other words to get lots of practice in the movements and flow required to actually write the letter, and not just to learn to recognize the letter. Them to do it automatically, and to free their brains up for higher Our goal in helping kids form their letters correctly is to help
Motor patterns of letters - automatically and without effort! " Is about training the memory and hand to work together to generate theĬorrect mental images and patterns of letters and translate these into (2009) state that "Handwriting is not just about training the hand it Really learn the correct number and letter formations. Help reduce letter reversals, messy handwriting and errors in laterīut when your child has poor fine motor skills, pencil-and-paper tasksĬan be tiring and frustrating, which takes away from the ability to Really helps to separate those two skills, and to deal with themįorming numbers and letters correctly from the very beginning can Have found that when young kids have poor fine motor skills, it the skill of controlling the pencil in order to work neatly.the skill of forming numbers and letters and learning handwriting patterns.In kindergarten and first grade, there are two separate sets of skills being taught in handwriting lessons: Why Separate Letter Formation & Pencil Control Skills?
Why separate letter formation and pencil control skills?.On this page, I suggest activities that let your child practice the formations needed for good handwriting without getting frustrated by poor fine motor skills. And it is easy to get frustrated with your child when it is a battle to practice numbers and letters. Poor fine motor skills can seriously hamper your child’s handwriting efforts.
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