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.

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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

Developing Scissor Skills: Cutting Skills Bundle

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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

Spatial Perception: Activities and Worksheets

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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

Classroom Poster: Page positioning for comfortable writing.

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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.

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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.