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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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
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
Visual Perception: Occupational Therapy Resource Bundle
Visual perception is the brain's ability to receive, interpret, and act upon visual stimuli. Perception included the follow skills: Visual discrimination(The ability to distinguish one shape from another).Visual memory( The ability to remember a specific form when removed from your visual field).Visual-spatial relationships (The ability to recognize forms that are the same but may be in a different spatial orientation). Visual form constancy (The ability to discern similar forms that may be dif
PreK - 1st
Number Concepts: WriteAbility Number Bundle
Number Concepts: WriteAbility Number Bundle was compiled by an occupational therapist to develop number sense in young children (age 4 to 8). Number sense is a group of skills that allow kids to work with numbers. Number Sense includes skills such as: · Understanding quantities. · Ability to rote count · Form numbers correctly · Grasping concepts like more and less, and larger and smaller. · Understanding symbols representing quantities (7 means the same thing as seven). · Making number comparis
PreK - 1st
Numbers
Visual Sequencing: Perceptual activities and worksheets.
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
Letter formation and tracing: Activity pack
Handwriting is a complex process. Many aspects go into writing, of which proper letter formation is one piece of the puzzle. When letters are not formed correctly, handwriting suffers. Poor letter formation leads to handwriting that is sloppy, slow, and often hard to read. When letter formation becomes an automatic process, a child can write without thinking about “how” to form each letter and pay more attention to the task at hand. When letters are formed correctly, children are less likely to
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: WriteAbility: Let's Write Mega Bundle
Let's write sentences: Remedial strategy, worksheets, and activities.
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
Seasons: Visual Perception and Fine Motor Activity Resource Bundle.
The Seasons: Perceptual and Fine Motor Activity 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 Seasons: Spring, Summer, Autumn and 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. This
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
Number Concepts: Before and After.
Number Concepts: Before and After, is a digital (online activity) compiled by an occupational therapist to develop number sense in young children (age 4 to 8). Number sense is a group of skills that allow kids to work with numbers. Number Sense includes skills such as:· Understanding quantities. · Ability to rote count · Form numbers correctly · Grasping concepts like more and less, and larger and smaller. · Understanding symbols representing quantities (7 means the same thing as seven). · Makin
PreK - 1st
Numbers
Also included in: Number Concepts: 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
Pre-Writing Tracing Activities (Write and Wipe)
Pre-writing lines are lines and shapes that toddlers and preschoolers learn in a developmental sequence that help them to form letters for writing. Lines down, across, cross shapes, circles, squares, diagonal lines are all considered pre-writing lines.Just like children need to walk before they can run, they need to master pre-writing skills before having legible and efficient handwriting. This resource includes 21 printable color pages with different pre-writing lines. Print and laminat
PreK - 1st
Handwriting
Also included in: Pre-Writing Skills: Resource Bundle
Transportation: Perceptual Activities, Games and Worksheets.
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
Fun with Sounds: Digital (online) Mega Bundle.
Fun with Sounds: Digital (online) Mega BundleThis resource includes 5 WriteAbility Online resources. Activities are aimed at consolidation of beginning, middle and end sounds, letter recognition and building 3 letter words in a game format. These games introduce beginning, middle and end sounds, expands vocabulary, and develops auditory and visual perceptual abilities) as well as critical thinking. It can be played independently depending on the child's age and skill level. It consists of 5 reso
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
b /d Confusion and Reversals (Worksheets)
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 teaching the correct formation of letters through an animated vide
K - 2nd
Handwriting
Also included in: b /d Confusion and reversals (Video and Worksheet Combo)
Cutting Activities: Fine Motor Development
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
Fine Motor Skills: Occupational Therapy program for 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. An Occupational Therapist developed the Tricky Fingers' fine motor program. It consists of a series of fine motor activities to develop the hand's muscles and support the development of a dynamic pencil grasp. The program includes printable activities, a video demonstrating the desired finger movements, and each exercise's execution. The activities are fun, ea
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
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
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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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