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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WriteAbility Fine Motor Skills Mega Bundle
What is fine motor development?Fine Motor Skills are those skills that require the small muscles of the hand to work together to perform precise and refined movements. As fine motor skills develop and mature, children start to use crayons, pencils, and scissors. By the time a child goes to school, there are many fine motor skills that they generally demonstrate in a well-integrated way. Depending on the child's previous experience and exposure to different activities, the quality of these skills
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
Remedial Mega Bundle
This Mega Bundle includes the following remedial product bundles. The Complete Number Bundle was developed to prevent the reversal of numbers when writing. This program focuses on teaching the correct method for forming each number utilizing an animation video and worksheets for consolidation. It includes the story of numbers 1 to 10 and a strategy for the prevention of reversal of numbers 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 9, and 10)b/d Reversal Bundle. (This resource focuses on letter formation and visual and aud
K - 2nd
Handwriting
Handwriting Bundle: Sentence writing resource bundle.
Graded therapeutic resources developed by an Occupational Therapist, aimed specifically at younger children learning to write sentences or older children struggling with the spacing of written work or orientating letters in lines when they write. Children with spatial planning difficulties, visual perceptual delays, and attention and concentration difficulties will benefit from these easy strategies to practice and consolidate the skill of using the correct spacing between words when writin
K - 2nd
Handwriting, Writing
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
WriteAbility: Let's Write Mega Bundle
Let's Write: Mega Bundle aims to consolidate simple word-and-sentence building and emerging handwriting skills. The bundle consists of 7 of WriteAbility's most popular handwriting resources. Resources focus on letter/sound knowledge, letter formation, and word-and-sentence building, supporting visual/auditory perception and fine motor skills. It can be used as a remedial resource and is suitable for English Home Language and 1st Additional language to promote emerging letter-sound knowledge, let
K - 2nd
Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Visual Spatial Perceptual Development: Resource Bundle
This Visual Spatial Resource Bundle is designed to support children's spatial perceptual development. It was created by an occupational therapist and includes a variety of activities and worksheets. 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 t
PreK - 2nd
WriteAbility Fine Motor Development Mini Bundle
What is fine motor development? Fine Motor skills are those skills that require the small muscles of the hand to work together to perform precise and refined movements. As fine motor skills develop and mature, children start to use crayons, pencils, and scissors. By the time a child goes to school, there are many fine motor skills that they generally demonstrate in a well-integrated way. Depending on the child's previous experience and exposure to different activities, the quality of these ski
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
Poster Bundel: Handwriting Series.
Includes: the following posters sets: 1) Ergonomic considerations for Handwriting, 2) Sitting Posture, 3)Pencil grasp series, 4) Bilateral co-ordination and 5) Page Positioning for comfortable writing. Freebie: Number 1-10 Classroom Poster. All posters were created by an occupational therapist with special focus on ergonomic principles that may affect handwriting.
PreK - 3rd
Handwriting, Numbers
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.
Fine Motor Skills: Fine Motor Activity and Cutting Skills Bundle
The Activity Bundle includes the Tricky Fingers Fine Motor Activity program as well as the Cutting Skills Activity resource. Both were created by an occupational therapist and aims to develop fine motor skills necessary to promote pencil grasp development and handwriting. The Tricky Fingers fine motor program consists of a series of fine motor activities to develop the muscles of the hand and support development of a dynamic pencil grasp. The program includes printable activities, a video de
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
Pre-Writing Skills: Resource Bundle
Pre-writing skills are those skills that toddlers and preschoolers learn in a developmental sequence that help them develop hand muscles and dexterity to draw, copy and form letters for handwriting. Just like children need to walk before they can run, they need to master pre-writing skills before having legible and efficient handwriting by the time they go to school. Little hands should be exploring. Opening, closing, sticking, pasting, experimenting with paint, playdough, and different mediums
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
Fine Motor Development: Activities to improve Pencil Control
What is fine motor development?Fine Motor skills are those skills that require the small muscles of the hand to work together to perform precise and refined movements. By the time a child goes to school, there are many fine motor skills that they generally demonstrate in a well-integrated way. Depending on the child's previous experience and exposure to different activities, the quality of these skills might vary; however, at this age and with ongoing stimulation and exposure, the quality of a
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
Also included in: WriteAbility Fine Motor Development Mini Bundle
Fine Motor Skills Combo (No 2)
What is fine motor development?Fine Motor Skills are those skills that require the small muscles of the hand to work together to perform precise and refined movements. As fine motor skills develop and mature, children start to use crayons, pencils, and scissors. By the time a child goes to school, there are many fine motor skills that they generally demonstrate in a well-integrated way. Depending on the child's previous experience and exposure to different activities, the quality of these skil
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
b /d Confusion and reversals (Video and Worksheet Combo)
Two letters that often cause most reversals or confusion are the ‘b’ and ‘d’ sounds. To prevent letter confusion and reversals, it is important that these letters begin in the right place and are formed in the correct way. When children learn to form their letters in a fun, multi-sensory way, the unnecessary reversal of ‘b’ and ‘d’ can be reduced or avoided. This resource was created by an occupational therapist and focuses on letter formation, as well as visual and auditory perception exerci
K - 2nd
Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Spatial Perception: Occupational Therapy Resource Bundle
This Spatial Perception Resource Bundle is designed to support children's spatial perceptual development. It was created by an occupational therapist and includes a variety of activities and worksheets. 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
PreK - 2nd
Other (Math)
Visual Perceptual Skills: Occupational Therapy Bundle (Boom Cards)
Visual perception is the brain's ability to receive, interpret, and act upon visual stimuli. Visual perceptual skills are important for for early reading, writing and other school related skills. This bundle includes a 10 of Writability's perceptual activity resources. The resources was created by an occupational therapist and includes guidelines for the use and development of visual perceptual skills. This bundle aims to support the development of children between the age of 4 to 9 years old,
PreK - 2nd
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
b/d Reversals and Confusion (Digital/ Online Activity)
Do you need something fun to challenge your child and engage them during homework? Teachers looking for less printing, laminating, and less time preparing activities? Then our new WriteAbility Digital Online games are meant for you. Two letters that often cause most reversals or confusion are the 'b' and ' d' sounds. To prevent letter confusion and reversals, this resource was created by an occupational therapist and focuses on visual and auditory perception exercises to consolidate the lette
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: Visual Perceptual Skills: Occupational Therapy Bundle (Boom Cards)
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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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