November 12
Dear Kindergarten parents!
This week’s video is for students who are left-handed! It is a right-handed world out there, so we created this video to provide parents, students and teachers with suggestions to make things a little easier for left-handed students, both at school and at home.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3_m9ecI3S_k
October 27
Dear Kindergarten parents!
This week’s video involves cutting with scissors! Using scissors is a great two-handed task that works on hand strengthening and coordinating two hands to work together which is very important for developing eye-hand coordination skills! Please watch the video and use the fun strategies at home with your children. Remember, if your child is left-handed, use left-handed scissors as the blades are different on left-handed scissors, making it easier to cut.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=izmn1C4z8B8&t=14s
As always, if you have any questions, please let me know.
Katie McKee-Blanche
Occupational Therapist
kmckeeblanche@ihis.org
Dear Kindergarten parents!
I hope everyone was able to watch the 2 videos that were sent out on hand strengthening and functional pencil grasp! These are important skills for your children to have as they move through kindergarten!
This week’s video is on Pre-writing Skills – practicing how to draw shapes such as circles, squares and triangles! These shapes are important for drawing skills and forming the letters of the alphabet – e.g. O, A, b and k all start with shapes! The suggestions in the video can also be used when your children are practicing “Fundations” printing at home!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pMuMYLYqTnQ&t=11s
As always, if you have any questions, please let me know.
Katie McKee-Blanche
Occupational Therapist
kmckeeblanche@ihis.org