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This resource is one that I have wanted to create for some time. I have several students who struggle with top, bottom, middle, up and down. Without the foundation of directional terms, activities such as drawing, copying, and puzzles are extremely frustrating to these students. This workbook is designed so that these terms can be reviewed frequently. For myself, I find lamination a great option so that this resource can be used over again in the classroom, home, or in the therapy gym. I hope y

Hi there. Thank you for stopping by. :) I'm an OT who works with Special Needs students. I have always had a passion for materials and I made this ClipArt with a couple ideas in mind. Variety- There are 70 boys and girls to choose from with their own fashion sense. There are also different nationalities. I have also included some students in uniforms. I wanted everyone to find a student that looks just like them. Versatility- Use these guys in your own materials. These can be used for many diffe

I am an OT who works with students with special needs. One area that I find many students struggle with is using tape. This resource is designed to work taping skills. It is setup so that skills can be worked on incrementally so that beginners can work on placing stickers and eventually place tape on the images as they improve their skills. I hope you enjoy it. School Tool Use- Beginning Tape by Laura R Caramanico is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivatives 4.0

Hello- My name is Laurie Caramanico. I am an Occupational Therapist for school age students! I have always wanted to make materials for students that I have not been able to find elsewhere. Recently, I have had that opportunity. This type of resource is one that I have been wanting to make for a very long time. I see many students who are frustrated with using school tools (including crayons) because they do not like the result they see of their efforts. This is true for young children as well a

Hello- My name is Laurie Caramanico. I am an Occupational Therapist for school age students! I have always wanted to make materials for students that I have not been able to find elsewhere. Recently, I have had that opportunity. This resource is one that I have been wanting to make for a very long time. I see many students who are frustrated with using school tools (including crayons) because they do not like the result they see of their efforts. This is true for young children as well as school

These activities include options for upgrading and downgrading fine motor skills. For some students, they will be independent with the majority of the activity. You can modify each group based on the student’s level. Included are the following groups 1-Cut and paste school sheet- Cutting skills, name writing, visual perceptual skills, school tool use 2- Fine Motor apple- For work on prehension patterns and finger strengthening 3- Coloring pages-school tool use, endurance, in hand dexterity 4-New

This resource is designed to work on motor control specifically for pencil skills. This can be used for exercise to build endurance or to improve precision. If you enjoy this product please consider following me for additional materials, freebies, and resources. Pencil Prewriting Drills-Distance Learning by Laura Caramanico is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License. Based on a work at https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Otbyme.

This resource is designed to work on bilateral hand skills, school tool use, visual motor skills, and finger isolation. There are many templates included which can be copied. Therefore, this activity can be completed a number of times and requires only a few supplies (helpful for distance learning) Depending on the student’s skills level, this art skill lends itself to upgrading or downgrading for each skill level. If you enjoy this product please consider following me for additional materials,

This product is used for worksheets or laminated pages for school tool skills including directionality, dexterity, visual perception in order to develop writing skills

Hello and thank you for browsing my products! I designed this resource in order to give kids a fun and creative way to work on their scissor skills. With the need for academic rigor, cutting is becoming more of a difficulty for many children as there is less time available for fine motor work. These worksheets are one option to help work on these needed skills. The emphasis for this packet is tool position and snipping. Snipping is one of the first prerequisite skills required for not only cutti