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For students who struggle with writing tasks in class (whether due to motor difficulties, sensory issues, behavior, motivation, or attention), preparing them for work with warm up tasks will prove beneficial. Movement breaks and warmups release a chemical in your student's brains that will help them be ready to focus and work.
WHY DO WARM-UPS BEFORE DOING CLASSWORK?
Warm up exercises are very useful for children who have a hard time sitting still and staying focused.
Try these Warm up Exercises before any handwriting or other difficult assignments.
(this whole list is not meant to be used in one session, pick a few exercises to use before each assignment).
□ Wall or chair push-ups.
□ Isometric exercises like pushing/pulling his/her own hands
□ Shake all body parts in a sequence (ex., hands, arms, shoulders, etc.).
Stretch (e.g. neck, shoulders, arms, hands, etc.).
Stand-up or sit in chair and stamp feet vigorously.
□ Squeeze a ball.
Students place hands palm down on the desk. Ask students to raise fingers one at a time from the desk surface
□ Students place both hands on their desks. Ask students to spread fingers apart and then slide them back together.
Students turn both hands palm down, then palm up, in a simultaneous and rapid motion.
□ Students make circles by touching thumbs to finger tips one at a time.
□ Students open hands as wide as possible and then make a fist repeatedly.
□ Students bend wrists up and down repeatedly.
□ Students stand and put palms flat on desk, then bear their body weight on their palms for a count of five.
□ Pretend to hold a pencil and write previously learned letters on the surface of their desk.
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