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Below are some games and ideas of how you can practice reading. The downloadable PDF is a printable that can be shared with parents as well.
Below are some games and ideas of how you can practice reading. The downloadable PDF is a printable that can be shared with parents as well.
Doggy Hangman.pdfDoggy Hangman
The game hangman is a good way to practice handwriting through letter formation. Your Therapy Source is a website that creates engaging resources to practice handwriting. While a lot of their products are for sale, there is a free sample you can try below.
In this version of hangman the players draw a dog (following simple step-by-step instructions) and practice tracing letters when they are not in the target word.
Categories
Categories
Categories is a game where players agree on a category (animals, pizza toppings, types of car) and using a 1 minute timer (or a longer one for younger children) see how many words you can write to match the category. Your children can challenge you by choosing topics they are experts on, for example Star Wars characters. You may want to play this with lined paper to encourage a standard size of handwriting as well as writing on the line.
Categories is a game where players agree on a category (animals, pizza toppings, types of car) and using a 1 minute timer (or a longer one for younger children) see how many words you can write to match the category. Your children can challenge you by choosing topics they are experts on, for example Star Wars characters. You may want to play this with lined paper to encourage a standard size of handwriting as well as writing on the line.
Earth Paper.pdfEarth Paper
Children who find letter formation tricky may enjoy using this colour-coded paper that helps them learn about letter placement and size.
Click below for an article by Your Kids OT on how this works (a teacher's blog) and on the top right corner of the document on the left for a free printable page you can use to try it.
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Exciting Writing Tools
Exciting Writing Tools
Children can be reluctant to practice handwriting but may be motivated to do so by using interesting writing tools such as rainbow pencils or calligraphy pens.
Children can be reluctant to practice handwriting but may be motivated to do so by using interesting writing tools such as rainbow pencils or calligraphy pens.
The Coin Trick
The Coin Trick
The tripod grip (see picture) can be challenging to master for children. A strategy you may like to try is giving your child a coin (the size will vary according to the size of your child's hand) and have them hold it with their pinky and ring fingers. This will occupy those two fingers and encourage them to use the remaining three to hold their pencil.
The tripod grip (see picture) can be challenging to master for children. A strategy you may like to try is giving your child a coin (the size will vary according to the size of your child's hand) and have them hold it with their pinky and ring fingers. This will occupy those two fingers and encourage them to use the remaining three to hold their pencil.
This picture, taken from the OT Toolbox, demonstrates another version of this trick by holding a key chain ring.
This picture, taken from the OT Toolbox, demonstrates another version of this trick by holding a key chain ring.
The Measured Mom is a website run by a teacher. It has a wealth of free, downloadable, and easy to use activities. Below is the link that takes you directly to a set of printable worksheets to that help develop letter formation.
This website allows you to generate worksheets for your children to practice their handwriting. You can make print or cursive sheets with either individual letters, words, or even sentences.
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