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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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
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
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
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
Alphabet Letters: Build with Playdough
Playdough is a creative way to practice fine motor skills and consolidate perceptual development concepts such as letter, shape, and number concepts, color recognition, 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 all the upper and lowercase letters of the alphabet in A5 and A4 format. Experiment and consolidate early learning of the alphabet letters in a fun and age-appropriate way by b
PreK - 1st
Handwriting, Phonics & Phonological Awareness
Also included in: WriteAbility: Let's Write Mega Bundle
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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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