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
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
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.
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
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)
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)
Developing Scissor Skills: Cutting Skills Bundle
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. This bundle includes The WriteAbility cutting skills activity resource Vol 1 and Vol 2. It was created by an occupational therapist and includes guidelines
PreK - 3rd
Handwriting
Tricky Fingers Fine Motor Program
The Tricky Fingers fine motor program consists of a series of fine motor finger exercises to develop the muscles of the hand and support development of a dynamic pencil grasp. Activities are suited for children between the ages of 5 and 8 years. The program includes printable activities, a video demonstrating the desired finger movements and execution of each activity. The activities are fun, easy to prepare and low cost. This program may be copied for use in therapy, the classroom or provi
PreK - 2nd
Handwriting
Also included in: Fine Motor Skills: Fine Motor Activity and Cutting Skills Bundle
Let's have fun with VOWELS!
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
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
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
Let's Write: Shuffle Words and Sentences.
Children learn best through age-appropriate, fun, and multi-sensory experiences. This fun 'Shuffle Words and Sentences' resource includes various games, activities, and worksheets. It was developed by an occupational therapist and aims to develop visual and auditory analysis and synthesis skills. It will also consolidate skills such as letter formation and word and sentence building in an age-appropriate and creative manner. This resource includes the following:'Shuffle words' interactive game.
K - 2nd
Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: WriteAbility: Let's Write Mega Bundle
Let's get moving: Gross Motor Activity for the classroom.
Let's get moving! Fun, brain-break movement activity to get the bodies moving and provide a well-deserved movement break. This activity can be used in a group setting or individually and forms part of our OT activities for the classroom series. Quick, easy, and fun! This includes a classroom activity and developmental guidelines for body scheme and body concept. Follow us on TPT for more information, resources and freebies https://www.teacherspayteachers.com/Store/Writeability
PreK - 2nd
Visual Perceptual Skills: Form Constancy and Figure Ground (Digital Activity)
Form Constancy and Figure Ground is an online (digital) activity. NO printing needed.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-ground helps to organize the information we see in our environment. This can include faces, figures, objects, landscapes, and letters or numbers and words. This Figure-Ground and Form Cons
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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