School is just starting in my neck of the woods, so with the beginning of the school year, it’s time to start my therapy kids off by making sure that they are on target with their letter sizes. I love using mud paper, and have several different types of stuck in the mud paper, so[Read More]
Handwriting
In hand manipulation skills using broken crayons
In order to work on in-hand manipulation skills with some kids, I decided to use little pieces of broken off crayon. I had them hold two crayons at the same time, one in their palm, and one in their fingers. Then I had them draw a shape (I had circles and rainbows) with one color,[Read More]
Snow Man Dressing
I saw a cute little snow man mentioned on a teacher’s site, and I thought it would be perfect to use in therapy. The original source of the picture was from here, but I have made my own to cut out, color, and dress your snowman. There is a plain white picture to color and[Read More]
Cursive Handwriting’s Link to The Leaning Tower of Literacy
“Once you learn to read, you will be forever free.” (Frederick Douglass) One of my favorite quotes is from an article in the Journal of Education Psychology, titled “The Role of Mechanics in Composing of Elementary School Students: A New Methodological Approach.” (1) It goes like this: “Reading is at the heart of[Read More]
Rainbow Puzzle game
I made a fun little game for spring with rainbows and words. I call it the rainbow puzzle game, and you can download it for free (you can also find it in the shops). You have to roll 3 dice first, a number dice, a color dice, and a word dice. You remember what you[Read More]