Keyboarding Without Tears | For Grades K–5
Now through July 31, 2020 your child can access the Keyboarding Without Tears program for free. Keyboarding Without Tears is a research-proven, web-based curriculum for grades K–5 that teaches typing, general computer readiness, digital citizenship, and online test prep. To gain free access, please complete the form found on the Learning Without Tears Distance Learning webpage: https://www.lwtears.com/programs/distance-learning.
Handwriting Interactive Teaching Tool | For Grades K–5
Families can now access the Handwriting Interactive Teaching Tool for up to 90 days at no cost. Originally designed for teachers, this online tool brings the Handwriting Without Tears student workbooks to life and includes digital letter formations, teaching videos, and fun animations. You can use this tool in your home to support children’s handwriting development. Create your account at https://www.lwtears.com/HWT/HITT
Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool | For Grade Pre-K
Families can now access the Pre-K Interactive Teaching Tool for up to 90 days at no cost. Originally designed for teachers, this digital platform brings the Get Set for School curriculum to life with an abundance of exciting and engaging multimedia options. You can use this tool in your home to access activity books, lessons, and demonstrations of letter and number formations, music, videos, stories and more to support children’s readiness for Kindergarten. Create your account at https://shopping.lwtears.com/member_login?app=prekitt.
The link above is a great online resource, Teachers Pay Teachers. I provided a link with filters set to “occupational therapy” and “free”. You can adjust these filters by “checking” or “unchecking” the boxes on the left (filter to specialties, subject area, cost vs free, etc). This website provides a myriad of resources, knowledge, and inspiration.
https://www.yourtherapysource.com/freestuff.html
The link above is another amazing resource, Your Therapy Source, that provides various motor-based, visual perceptual, handwriting, gross motor, fine motor, and sensory-based activities. The link above will take you to the free resources the site offers.
https://fluencyandfitness.com/
Provides educational brain breaks to help students review essential literacy and math skills, while getting in some exercise. Find over 900 videos to help your child keep learning at home and burn off some extra energy.
Includes activities to encourage fine motor skills, hand control, in-hand manipulation, etc.
Provides “heavy work” proprioceptive and vestibular input to our body systems.