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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Freebie b d Confusion and Reversals
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. These free perceptual worksheets forms part of the “b” and “d” reversal program. This resources includes a few worksheets from the b/d
K - 2nd
Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Handwriting: Practical guidelines and ideas to improve bilateral coordination.
Bilateral coordination is the ability to use both hands in a coordinated way while doing tasks such as cutting with scissors, writing, coloring, pasting with glue, and using a ruler or eraser. A child who struggles with the coordinated use of his/her hands will have difficulty with various activities in the classroom and it will impact their ability to work neatly. Download this free resource/ handout for more information and practical ideas to support development. If you like our resources, ple
PreK - 3rd
Handwriting
Fine Motor Freebie: Popcorn Fun
Fine Motor Activity to support pencil grasp development and strengthen hand muscles for writing. We hope you enjoy this lovely activity. Remember to follow us if you would like to receive information about our freebies and products https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Writeability
PreK - 2nd
Sitting Posture: Posters for the classroom
Does sitting posture affect handwriting? Can a comfortable sitting posture affect the quality of handwriting? These classroom posters explain the relationship between handwriting and posture. It includes general guidelines and ideas to support handwriting.
Not Specific
Handwriting
Also included in: Poster Bundel: Handwriting Series.
b/d Confusion and Reversals (Digital Activity) FREE SAMPLE.
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 letters 'b' and 'd' and prevent b/d confusion and reversals when reading and writing. This is a fun self-correcting activity to develop perceptual and critical thinking skills and should ideally be used in conjunction with the WriteAbility:
K - 2nd
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Sticker Fun: Fine Motor Freebie
This freebie consists of a Fine Motor Sticker Fun activity and a short video explaining the steps of the activity. It forms part of the Fine Motor DOT's Activity resource (Developed by an Occupational Therapist). This activity is easy to use and is lots of fun. The end product is always successful. Very little preparation is needed, and it is easy to use in a group/ class setting. To download freebie: Add to cart, proceed to checkout, provide an email address, complete purchase (Free). You wi
PreK - 1st
Handwriting
Winter Theme Freebie
Winter Theme Freebie. Just to say thank you to all our customers and social media followers. We truly appreciate your support! Feel free to download these perceptual and eye-hand coordination winter activities! 10 pages in PDF format.
PreK - 1st
Fine Motor Christmas Freebie
This freebie consists of a Christmas activity and a short video explaining the steps of the activity. It forms part of the Fine Motor Christmas Activity resource (Developed by an Occupational Therapist). This activity is easy to use and is lots of fun. The end product is always successful. Very little preparation is needed, and it is easy to use in a group/ class setting. I hope you have fun.
PreK - 1st
Funky Monkey: Auditory and perceptual games freebie.
This freebie forms part of the "Funky Monkey" letter formation program. It includes two easy auditory and visual discrimination activities that supports practicing letter formation. Please leave a comment and follow us on TPT after downloading. We appreciate your support.
PreK - 1st
Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Freebie! Cutting Skills Activity.
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. This free activity forms part of the WriteAbility Cutting skills resource. (follow the link to view) .The WriteAbility cutting s
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
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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
Fine Motor Coin Activity
Time for a Fine Motor Coin Challenge.Fun challenge to develop fine motor skills and dexterity. Download you copy for free for a limited time only. Laminate and use. No prep!This activity includes an activity sheet and a video demonstrating required movements Picking up coins and transferring them to our palmTaking the coins from our palms and stacking them to build a towerFlipping coins against time.This is a more challenging activity for those little hands, so start with a few coins and make
Not Specific
Handwriting
Freebie: Christmas Worksheets and Activities.
Merry Christmas! A big thank you to all our customers and social media followers. Feel free to download these perceptual and eye-hand coordination Christmas activities to keep the little ones busy this Christmas break. 10 pages in PDF format. Download this freebie for a limited time only.
PreK - 1st
Handwriting
Snowman: Fine Motor Freebie
Time for a Fine Motor Freebie.Fun activity to develop fine motor skills and dexterity. Created by an occupational therapist. Download you copy for free for a limited time only. No prep, low cost and lots of fun. Can also be used in a group or classroom setting.This activity includes an activity sheet and a video demonstrating required movements Please follow us on Facebook for more activity ideas and TPT if you would like to be kept up to date on resources and freebies https://www.teachers
PreK - 3rd
Classroom Poster: Page positioning for comfortable writing.
This product includes printable posters for use in the classroom or therapy room. Depicts the correct page positioning when writing for left and right-handed individuals.
K - 2nd
Handwriting
Also included in: Poster Bundel: Handwriting Series.
Fine Motor Valentine's Freebie
Have you tried using stickers to decorate pictures? We use the same fingers to peel and stick stickers, that we use to hold our pencil when writing. This easy activity provides little fingers with a good workout and helps build those muscles needed to develop a functional pencil grasp. It also has the added benefit of encouraging the use of both hands during the activity (bilateral integration). This activity forms part of our Valentines Day: Fine motor and perceptual activity resource. Follow u
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
Fine Motor Freebie
This fine motor freebie consist of 2 activity worksheets and forms part of the Tricky Fingers Fine Motor program (Developed by an Occupational Therapist) (Tricky Fingers Fine Motor resource) This fine motor activity is easy to use and lots of fun. The end product is always successful and it remains a firm favorite with the kids. Little preparation is needed and it is easy to use in a group/ class. It also includes an instruction video. Hope you have fun. Please leave a review if you enjoyed
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
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
1:31
Fine Motor Freebie
This freebie consist of 2 activity worksheets that forms part of the Tricky Fingers Fine Motor program (Developed by an Occupational Therapist) as well as an instruction video. This fine motor activity is easy to use and lots of fun. The end product is always successful and it remains a firm favorite with the kids. Very little preparation is needed and it is easy to use in a group/ class. Hope you have fun. Please leave a review if you enjoyed this activity.
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
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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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