WriteAbility
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Eversdalheights, South Africa
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I am an Occupational Therapist with a Master's degree in occupational therapy. I am passionate about early intervention and have a special interest in Pediatrics, Sensory Integration, and ADHD. I have more than 20 years of experience in early childhood development and have worked in private practice, special education as well as public school settings.
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Handwriting; Spacing between words (Worksheets).
Graded, therapeutic worksheets developed by an Occupational Therapist. Aimed specifically at younger children learning to write sentences or older learners struggling with spacing of written work. Product can be used in conjunction with classroom activities or remedial intervention (2 D Spatial planning difficulties) Product includes:Printable worksheets .Semi-concrete activities and classroom aids for teachers.Can be used as an home programme by parents or therapists.
1st - 2nd
Handwriting
Also included in: Spacing of written work: Video and worksheet combo
Dotted Pictures: Fine Motor Activities to improve pencil control.
Dotted pictures to improve fine motor skills and pencil control When holding a pencil with a dynamic 3 point pencil grasp, we also need to move the three fingers holding the pencil. This is called refined finger movement of the thumb, index, and middle fingers. Refined finger movements enable controlled movement of the pencil for drawing, writing, and coloring. Dotted pictures provide lots of opportunities to practice refined movements of the writing fingers and improve pencil control. This r
PreK - 3rd
Handwriting
Also included in: Fine Motor Bundle: Activities to improve Pencil Control
Cutting Skills: Fine Motor Activity Pack (Vol. 2)
Scissor skills are an essential part of pencil grasp development. Cutting is an easy, fun way to practice the hand muscles necessary for writing. We use the same muscles and fingers (thumb, index, and middle fingers) to cut and write. It is an essential development skill for school readiness and supports writing and pencil grasp development. The WriteAbility cutting skills activity resource (Vol 2) was created by an occupational therapist and includes guidelines for the use and development of cu
PreK - 4th
Handwriting
Also included in: Developing Scissor Skills: Cutting Skills Bundle
Winter: Perceptual Activities and Worksheets
This Winter themed resource includes a variety of activities and worksheets aimed at developing early learning skills. It was created by an occupational therapist and incorporates the theme of Winter using early developmental skills, including visual discrimination, figure-ground perception, eye-hand coordination, spatial planning, visual sequential and fine motor activities to improve pencil control and cutting skills. It can be printed in book form or used as individual activities for the clas
PreK - 2nd
Also included in: Seasons: Visual Perception and Fine Motor Activity Resource Bundle.
Numbers; Left hand reversal strategy.
We are excited to add this new resource to our product range. We have expanded our left-hand reversal strategy to help teachers, parents, and therapists work with kids who struggle with number reversals. We have had so many positive responses from parents and teachers about the original resource (included in our Number bundle) and decided to add and expand the teaching strategy. The WriteAbility left-hand reversal strategy was developed to prevent the reversal of numbers when writing. Aimed at f
PreK - 2nd
Numbers
Also included in: Remedial Mega Bundle
Spatial Planning: Tangram Puzzles
Tangram puzzles can help develop stronger problem-solving abilities and is a fun way to engage kids in perceptual planning activities. What is a tangram?Invented in China approximately 200 years ago, a tangram is a two-dimensional re-arrangement puzzle created by cutting a square into seven pieces -- seven geometric shapes called "tans" (Slocum et al 2003) This Spatial Planning Tangram resource is designed to support children's spatial perceptual development. It was created by an occupational
PreK - 1st
Math
Also included in: Spatial Perception: Occupational Therapy Resource Bundle
Perceptual and Fine Motor Activities (Valentine's Day)
Visual perceptual and fine motor activities for children (ages of 5 and 8 years). Create beautiful Valentine's day crafts while developing fine motor skills for handwriting. Engage in Valentine's day themed worksheets incorporating various perceptual skills. This resource includes the following: 21 Activities including- Fine motor and playdough activities (7) - Eye-hand coordination activities: Tracing/follow the road (4) - Visual Discrimination and Figure Ground perception (3) - Spatial Relat
PreK - 1st
Spatial Awareness: Spatial perception activities and worksheets
This Spatial Awareness Activity resource is designed to support children's spatial perceptual development. Spatial awareness is knowing where your body is in space in relation to objects or other people. To have good spatial awareness, you also need to understand and respond to a change in position from these objects. This is a complex skill that children develop from an early age. Spatial perception is the ability to perceive an object's position in relation to yourself or in relation to oth
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Visual Spatial Perceptual Development: Resource Bundle
Playdough Fun with Shapes
Playdough is a exciting way to practice fine motor skills and consolidate perceptual development concepts such as shape concepts, shape recognition and shape formation and drawing. It has the added benefit of strengthening hand muscles for the development of fine motor skills. This resource includes: Shape Posters and Shape Playdough Activity mats encouraging shape recognition, shape formation and visual spatial concepts in a playful and child-friendly way. Can be printed and laminated for
PreK - 1st
Handwriting
Also included in: WriteAbility Playdough Bundle
Number Games: Fun Activities to develop number concepts (Number 1 to 10)
he number games resource includes a variety of number games to consolidate number concepts (1 to 10) and encourage the correct formation of numbers. Number sense is a group of skills that allow kids to work with numbers. It includes skills like Understanding quantities.Ability to rote countForm numbers correctlyGrasping concepts like more and less, and larger and smaller.Understanding symbols that represent quantities (7 means the same thing as seven).Making number comparisons (10 is greater th
PreK - 1st
Numbers
Also included in: Complete WriteAbility Number Bundle
Opposites: Activities and perceptual worksheets
Opposites: These activity resources and worksheets were designed to support children's visual perceptual and cognitive development. This resource includes various hands-on activities to practice visual and auditory skills around the theme of opposites, needed for early perceptual and cognitive development. It has easier (semi-concrete games and eye-hand coordination activities) and more challenging exercises (easy reading and writing). Easier activities can be used from age four and can be
PreK - 2nd
Ready for School: School Readiness Workbook 2.
We have added a new resource to our collection: Ready for School: School Readiness Workbook 2."When children start formal education, they are expected to have reached certain developmental milestones and have the basic skills necessary for formal education. All children go through these developmental milestones at different stages, and some may need extra help mastering specific skills. For example, a child who stills battles with correct pencil grip may find the initial writing tasks more cha
PreK - K
Handwriting
Handwriting: Monkey Swing Letter Formation Activity Bundle.
The " Monkey Swing" letter formation bundle was created by an occupational therapist to help children practice the letter formation, which is guided by the formation of the “monkey swing” writing pattern. It involves letters formed by a downward movement, turn and upward movement of the pencil and starts in the same position or orientation. To prevent letter confusion and reversals, letters must always start in the right place and be formed correctly. When children learn to form their letter
PreK - 1st
Handwriting
Also included in: Letter Formation and Handwriting Patterns Mega Bundle
Valentine's Day: Perceptual and Fine Motor Activities
Visual perceptual and fine motor activities for children (ages of 5 and 8 years). Create beautiful Valentine's day crafts while developing fine motor skills for handwriting. Engage in Valentine's day themed worksheets incorporating various perceptual skills. This resource includes the following: 24 Activities includingFine motor and playdough activities (7)Eye-hand coordination activities: Tracing/follow the road (4)Cutting Skills (3)Visual Discrimination and Figure Ground perception (3)Spatial
PreK - 2nd
Spring: Perceptual and fine motor activities and worksheets.
This Spring themed resource includes a variety of activities and worksheets aimed at developing early learning skills. It was created by an occupational therapist and incorporates the theme of Spring using early developmental skills, including: visual discrimination, figure-ground perception, eye-hand coordination, spatial planning, and fine motor activities to improve pencil control and cutting skills. It can be printed in book form or used as individual activities for the classroom, therapy,
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Seasons: Visual Perception and Fine Motor Activity Resource Bundle.
Handwriting: Zig Zag writing pattern worksheets
The " ZIg-Zag" letter formation resource was created by an occupational therapist to help children practice the letter formation, which is guided by the formation of the “zig- zag” writing pattern. It involves letters formed by a diagonal downward and diagonal upward movement of the pencil and starts in the same position or orientation. To prevent letter confusion and reversals, letters must always start in the right place and be formed correctly. When children learn to form their letters in
PreK - 1st
Handwriting
Also included in: Zig Zag Letter Formation Activity Resource Bundle
Alphabet: Fun with Beginning Sounds
his resource includes 2 sets with 26 alphabet sounds. It aims to introduce starting sounds, expand vocabulary, develop auditory and visual perceptual as well as fine motor skills. The alphabet beginning sound posters (a-z) are full-color and can be printed in A5 or A4. Coloring and cutting activities for each letter sound is included in the resource. This resource includes the following: Beginning Sound Posters a-zBeginning Sound a-z (Coloring and cutting) (52 pages)Follow this link if yo
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: WriteAbility: Let's Write Mega Bundle
Spatial Perception: Activities and Worksheets
This activity resource, "Spatial Perception: Activities and Worksheets" is designed to support children's spatial perceptual development. Spatial perception is the ability to perceive an object's position in relation to yourself or in relation to other objects. It implies the ability to perceive which way an object or symbol is positioned/turned. Spatial perception helps a child sequence letters and numbers correctly, such as "swim" and not "siwm." It helps a child orientate and write letters
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Visual Spatial Perceptual Development: Resource Bundle
Figure-Ground Perception: Occupational Therapy Activity program
An occupational therapist developed the Figure-Ground Perception Activity program to support visual perceptual development. This resource focuses on Figure-Ground Perception and includes information about perceptual development, various games, activities, and worksheets. Figure-ground perception is the ability to see an object in a busy background. This skill allows us to distinguish, segregate, isolate or find things or stimuli in varying environments. Correctly processing our visual figure
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Visual Perception: Occupational Therapy Resource Bundle
Emotions: Perceptual Activities and Worksheets
This resource explores emotions and feelings with the use of visual perceptual, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor activities. It was developed by an occupational therapist and incorporates the theme of emotions and feelings with important early developmental skills, including visual discrimination, figure-ground perception, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor activities to improve pencil control. This resource includes -4 x A6 Posters and flashcards illustrating the basic emotions, sad, h
PreK - 1st
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About the store
Experience
I am an Occupational Therapist with a Master's degree in occupational therapy. I am passionate about early intervention and have a special interest in Pediatrics, Sensory Integration, and ADHD. I have more than 20 years of experience in early childhood development and have worked in private practice, special education as well as public school settings.
Teaching style
As occupational therapists we are passionate about children and early development. Writing ability entails so much more than just fine motor skills. There are many foundational skills necessary to enable neat, legible writing with appropriate speed, spacing and quality.
WriteAbility aims to support teachers, therapists and parents with information, tools and therapeutic home and classroom activities to support and develop all aspects of writing skills for children from PreK to 3rd Grade.
If you love what you do, you will never work a day in your life!
Awards & shining teacher moments
Dedre van Wyngaard Occupational Therapist. (M.Occ.Ther)
Occupational Therapist, Educational consultant and Part Time lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch South Africa.
My own education history
B. Occ Therapy University of Stellenbosch 1999
M. Occ Therapy University of Stellenbosch 2008
Sensory Integration Certified SAISI 2009
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