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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.

Spacing of written work: Video and worksheet combo

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Handwriting; Spacing between words (Worksheets).

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WriteAbility

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.

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WriteAbility

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)

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WriteAbility

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

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WriteAbility

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.

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WriteAbility

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

Visual Sequencing: Perceptual activities and worksheets.

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WriteAbility

Visual Sequencing refers to our ability to perceive items in a specific order and remember that sequence. This skill is essential for visual and language development and is needed for reading, spelling (organizing letters in a particular order), and mathematics operations. This resource includes various hands-on activities to practice visual sequential skills needed for early perceptual and cognitive development. It has easier (flashcards as well as cut, color, and paste activities) and more cha

PreK - 1st

Spatial Planning: Tangram Puzzles

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WriteAbility

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)

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WriteAbility

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

Let's write sentences: Remedial strategy, worksheets, and activities.

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WriteAbility

This resource was created by an occupational therapist, specifically for learners in the foundation phase who struggle with using the correct punctuation (e.g., capital letters, full stop) when writing sentences. The strategy is particularly suitable for visual perception and spatial planning difficulties and challenges in attention and focus. Learners with perceptual and attention, and concentration challenges often find it challenging to use punctuation correctly during writing tasks. Sent

K - 1st

Handwriting

Also included in: WriteAbility: Let's Write Mega Bundle

Spatial Awareness: Spatial perception activities and worksheets

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WriteAbility

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

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WriteAbility

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

Spacing of written work: Video and worksheet combo

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WriteAbility

Graded therapeutic program 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:Video with voice over: Why is spacing important?Printable worksheets and semi-concrete activities.Can be used as an home program by parents or therapists.

1st - 2nd

Handwriting, Writing

Number Games: Fun Activities to develop number concepts (Number 1 to 10)

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WriteAbility

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

Easter Fun: Fine Motor and Visual Perceptual Worksheets and Activities

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WriteAbility

The Easter Fun Activity resource includes various visual perceptual, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor activities. It was developed by an occupational therapist and incorporates Using the Easter theme to enhance early developmental skills, including visual discrimination, figure-ground perception, eye-hand coordination, fine motor activities to improve pencil control and cutting skills. Lots of fun and variety to stimulate perceptual and motor skills This resource includes:6 Eye-hand coordi

PreK - 1st

Handwriting

Let's have fun with VOWELS!

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WriteAbility

This Vowel-themed resource includes various activities and worksheets aimed at developing literacy skills. It was created by an occupational therapist and incorporates early developmental skills, including visual and auditory perceptual activities, eye-hand coordination, letter formation, and fine motor skills to support development and learning. It can be printed in book form or used as individual activities for the classroom, therapy, or at home. This resource includesTeaching strategy10 Post

K - 2nd

Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness

Also included in: WriteAbility: Let's Write Mega Bundle

Opposites: Activities and perceptual worksheets

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WriteAbility

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

Let's Write 3 Letter Words-Activities and Worksheets

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WriteAbility

Children learn best through multi-sensory experiences and when tasks are introduced in a fun and age-appropriate way. This resource was developed by an occupational therapist and aims to develop letter sound/ recognition, letter formation, word building, and visual and auditory skills in an age-appropriate and creative manner. This tool includes the following:20 x 3 letter words (build the word with playdough). Print in color to laminate for repeated use.36 x Write and Wipe 3 letter word acti

PreK - 1st

Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness

Also included in: WriteAbility: Let's Write Mega Bundle

Ready for Grade 1: School Readiness activity resource

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WriteAbility

School readiness is a process that goes hand in hand with childhood development. Once children are ready for school, they should be able to cope with formal education requirements. On entering Grade One, children 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 ba

PreK - K

Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness

Transportation: Perceptual Activities, Games and Worksheets.

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WriteAbility

This Transport themed resource includes various games, activities, and worksheets to develop early learning skills. It was created by an occupational therapist and incorporate the theme of transport using early developmental skills. These skills include visual and auditory discrimination, figure-ground perception, eye-hand coordination, spatial planning, and fine motor activities to improve pencil control and cutting skills. The resource includes Flashcards, Vocabulary posters, and hands-on ga

PreK - 1st

Vocabulary

Cutting Activities: Fine Motor Development

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WriteAbility

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) for both cutting and writing activities. It is an essential development skill for school readiness and supports writing and pencil grasp development. The WriteAbility cutting skills activity resource was created by an occupational therapist and includes guidelines for the use an

PreK - 2nd

Handwriting

Also included in: Fine Motor Skills: Fine Motor Activity and Cutting Skills Bundle

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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!

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Dedre van Wyngaard Occupational Therapist. (M.Occ.Ther) Occupational Therapist, Educational consultant and Part Time lecturer at the University of Stellenbosch South Africa.