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
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
Kindergarten Mega Fine Motor Bundle
This Mega Bundle includes all the resources suitable for use with children between the ages of 4 to 6 years. It includes the following WriteAbility Fine Motor Resources: Fine Motor Cutting SkillsTricky Fingers: Fine Motor ActivitiesFine Motor Activities for the Development of Pencil ControlPlaydough Activity Bundle (playdough mats, shapes, numbers)Playdough Alphabet Activities (Upper case and Lower casePre-writing lines to develop pencil ControlThis mega bundle was developed by an occupational t
PreK - K
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
Complete WriteAbility Number Bundle
The Complete Number Bundle resource includes various number games to consolidate number concepts and encourage the correct formation of numbers (1-10). An occupational therapist created the resources in this bundle. It includes various semi-concrete games, fun worksheets to consolidate early learning, playdough number mats, number posters, and tracing pages to consolidate number formation. The bundle focuses on teaching the correct method for forming each number, utilizing an animation video and
PreK - 1st
Numbers
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
Visual Perception: Occupational Therapy Resource Bundle
Visual perception is the brain's ability to receive, interpret, and act upon visual stimuli. Perception included the follow skills: Visual discrimination(The ability to distinguish one shape from another).Visual memory( The ability to remember a specific form when removed from your visual field).Visual-spatial relationships (The ability to recognize forms that are the same but may be in a different spatial orientation). Visual form constancy (The ability to discern similar forms that may be dif
PreK - 1st
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)
Numbers; Left hand reversal strategy.
We are excited to add this new resource to our product range. We have expanded our left-hand reversal strategy to help teachers, parents, and therapists work with kids who struggle with number reversals. We have had so many positive responses from parents and teachers about the original resource (included in our Number bundle) and decided to add and expand the teaching strategy. The WriteAbility left-hand reversal strategy was developed to prevent the reversal of numbers when writing. Aimed at f
PreK - 2nd
Numbers
Also included in: Remedial Mega Bundle
Spatial Planning: Tangram Puzzles
Tangram puzzles can help develop stronger problem-solving abilities and is a fun way to engage kids in perceptual planning activities. What is a tangram?Invented in China approximately 200 years ago, a tangram is a two-dimensional re-arrangement puzzle created by cutting a square into seven pieces -- seven geometric shapes called "tans" (Slocum et al 2003) This Spatial Planning Tangram resource is designed to support children's spatial perceptual development. It was created by an occupational
PreK - 1st
Math
Also included in: Spatial Perception: Occupational Therapy Resource Bundle
Fine Motor Bundle: Activities to improve 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. Developing pencil control is necessary for neat and legible drawing and writing. This bundle includes 3 resources - Fine Motor Activities to develop Pencil Control; - Using Dotted Pictures to deve
PreK - 1st
Handwriting
Perceptual and Fine Motor Activities (Valentine's Day)
Visual perceptual and fine motor activities for children (ages of 5 and 8 years). Create beautiful Valentine's day crafts while developing fine motor skills for handwriting. Engage in Valentine's day themed worksheets incorporating various perceptual skills. This resource includes the following: 21 Activities including- Fine motor and playdough activities (7) - Eye-hand coordination activities: Tracing/follow the road (4) - Visual Discrimination and Figure Ground perception (3) - Spatial Relat
PreK - 1st
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
Playdough Fun with Shapes
Playdough is a exciting way to practice fine motor skills and consolidate perceptual development concepts such as shape concepts, shape recognition and shape formation and drawing. It has the added benefit of strengthening hand muscles for the development of fine motor skills. This resource includes: Shape Posters and Shape Playdough Activity mats encouraging shape recognition, shape formation and visual spatial concepts in a playful and child-friendly way. Can be printed and laminated for
PreK - 1st
Handwriting
Also included in: WriteAbility Playdough Bundle
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
WriteAbility Playdough Bundle
Playdough is a creative way to practice fine motor skills and consolidate perceptual development concepts such as number concepts, color recognition, shapes concepts, 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 3 playdough activity resources, encouraging fine motor and perceptual development in a playful and child-friendly way. Can be printed and laminated for easy use and cleaning. Thi
PreK - 1st
Numbers
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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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