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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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
Handwriting: Ergonomic considerations for comfortable writing.
Ergonomic considerations for comfortable writing including pencil grip, page positioning for left and right handed individuals as well as sitting posture. Includes 5 printable posters
K - 2nd
Handwriting, Writing
Also included in: Poster Bundel: Handwriting Series.
Play Dough Fun : Numbers 1 to 10
Playdough is a creative way to practice fine motor skills and consolidate perceptual development concepts such as number concepts, number recognition, number formation, and counting. It has the added benefit of strengthening hand muscles for the development of fine motor skills. This resource includes 10 Number Posters (1 to 10) and ten playdough mats encouraging counting and number formation in a playful and child-friendly way. Can be printed and laminated for easy use and cleaning. This res
PreK - 1st
Numbers
Also included in: WriteAbility Playdough Bundle
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Sitting Posture and Handwriting
Does sitting posture affect handwriting? Can a comfortable sitting posture improve the quality of handwriting? This short video explores the relationship between handwriting and posture. It includes general guidelines and ideas to support handwriting. This free video may be shared on social media platforms with provision that WriteAbility is tagged on Facebook, Instagram or YouTube when used. Included is a set of printable classroom posters.
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Handwriting, Writing
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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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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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