Below are ways to assist your child with their school work while also assisting them with their OT goals and objectives:

-If you click on the underline items it will take you to a video demo-

1. Color while laying on his stomach on the floor propped on elbows to help with isolation of movement, as well as strengthening

2. Color with small, broken crayons to help facilitate a correct crayon grasp.

3. If you child is having difficulty tracing, take a highlighter and trace the shapes, letter, etc. that your child will be tracing with a highlighter. Then have your child trace on top of that.

4. When coloring, take a crayon and outline a shape with the color your child will be using. This will help define the boundaries. Do this one at a time with the areas, shapes, pictures on the page to help focus their attention on one area at a time.

Second Coloring Video

5. When cutting, make sure both thumbs are "up" and not facing down or hidden under the paper (both the cutting hand and helping hand). Take a black marker and make the lines more bold if need be.