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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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
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
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
Ergonomic considerations for comfortable writing: Poster Combo
When writing, various aspects such as sitting posture, pencil grasp, and page positioning should be considered. " Ergonomic considerations for comfortable writing" Poster Combo includes classroom posters for pencil grasp, page positioning (left and right-handed individuals), and sitting posture. 5 A4 printable posters.Posters are full color on a white background to fit into any classroom theme easily.Follow us on TPT for more information, resources and freebies https://www.teacherspayteachers.c
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Handwriting
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
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
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
Emotions: Perceptual Activities and Worksheets
This resource explores emotions and feelings with the use of visual perceptual, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor activities. It was developed by an occupational therapist and incorporates the theme of emotions and feelings with important early developmental skills, including visual discrimination, figure-ground perception, eye-hand coordination, and fine motor activities to improve pencil control. This resource includes -4 x A6 Posters and flashcards illustrating the basic emotions, sad, h
PreK - 1st
Summer: Perceptual and fine motor activities.
This Summer 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 Summer 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 c
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Seasons: Visual Perception and Fine Motor Activity Resource Bundle.
Autumn: Perceptual and fine motor activities
This Fall 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 Autumn 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 classr
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Seasons: Visual Perception and Fine Motor Activity Resource Bundle.
Visual Perception: Spatial Awareness and Orientation. Nr.1 (Digital Activity).
Spatial Awareness and Orientation is an online (digital) activity. NO printing needed.Children learn best when tasks are introduced in a fun and age-appropriate way. What is more, fun to practice creating short words during an online game ? 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 un
PreK - 1st
Also included in: Visual Perceptual Skills: Occupational Therapy Bundle (Boom Cards)
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)
Number Concepts: More of Less (Digital Online Activity)
Number Concepts: More or Less. (BOOM CARDS) is a digital (ONLINE activity) compiled by an occupational therapist to develop number sense in young learners (age 4 to 8). NO printing needed. Number sense is a group of skills that allow kids to work with numbers. The resource 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 that represent quantities (7 means t
PreK - 1st
Numbers
Also included in: Number Concepts: WriteAbility Number Bundle
Fun with Sounds: I can read and spell. (Digital/ Online Activity).
Fun with Sounds: I can read and spell. (Digital/ Online Activity) NO PRINTING needed!This fun self-correcting activity is played online on the Boom Learning platform and aims to consolidate beginning, middle and end sounds, letter recognition and writing 3 letter words from memory, in a game format. The resource introduces beginning, middle and end sounds, expands vocabulary, and develops auditory and visual perceptual abilities) as well as critical thinking. It can be played independently depe
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: Fun with Sounds: Digital (online) Mega Bundle.
Fun with Sounds: End Sounds (Digital Activity Boom Cards)
This fun self-correcting activity is played online on the Boom Learning platform and aims to consolidate end sounds and letter recognition in a game format. This game introduces 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 30 task cards that can be played online or printed for classroom use (optional). It's fun and easy to use. Age
PreK - 1st
Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: Fun with Sounds: Digital (online) Mega 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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