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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Complete WriteAbility Number Bundle
The Complete Number Bundle resource includes various number games to consolidate number concepts and encourage the correct formation of numbers (1-10). An occupational therapist created the resources in this bundle. It includes various semi-concrete games, fun worksheets to consolidate early learning, playdough number mats, number posters, and tracing pages to consolidate number formation. The bundle focuses on teaching the correct method for forming each number, utilizing an animation video and
PreK - 1st
Numbers
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)
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
WriteAbility Playdough Bundle
Playdough is a creative way to practice fine motor skills and consolidate perceptual development concepts such as number concepts, color recognition, shapes concepts, body scheme to name but a few. It has the added benefit of strengthening hand muscles for the development of fine motor skills. This resource includes 3 playdough activity resources, encouraging fine motor and perceptual development in a playful and child-friendly way. Can be printed and laminated for easy use and cleaning. Thi
PreK - 1st
Numbers
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
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
Fine Motor Freebie: Number bunny
Fine motor freebie. Practicing the correct formation of number 8 while strengthening those hand muscles for fine motor and pencil grasp development. If you want to informed of our freebies and other resources please follow the link below https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Sellers-Im-Following/Add/Writeability
PreK - K
Numbers
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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.
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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