Handwriting Heroes is a new handwriting app developed by Cheryl Bregman who is an occupational therapist. You may be familiar with her from another amazing app she created Abilipad which is a customizable keyboard and adaptive notepad, with word prediction and text-to-speech. I asked Cheryl to answer a few questions about her career and her development […]
Challenge fine motor and memory skills with this Superhero Match Up freebie from the Superhero packet. Print and laminate the page. Using thumb, index and middle finger create small balls of clay. Flatten each ball between thumb and index finger. Place clay over each circle. Player one removes two pieces of clay. If it is a […]
The Journal of Writing Research published a study on developing writers in grades 4-7 to compare manuscript , cursive and keyboard letter formation. One study instructed the children to write the alphabet from memory as quickly as they could without sacrificing legibility since previous research indicated that the number of legible manuscript letters in correct order during […]
Here are two sample pages from the My Summer Handwriting Book packet. The complete My Summer Handwriting Packet download includes 5 different font styles of an 8 page summer themed handwriting practice booklet. Research indicates that to improve handwriting, practice sessions are necessary (Hoy, 2011). This copy booklet is easy to encourage handwriting practice. The five […]
Coloring books are definitely the latest and greatest fad. They are calming and encourage creativity. I, myself have always enjoyed coloring and find it very relaxing. The one problem with the store bought coloring pages is they can be really hard! They take a long time to complete and they can be very intricate. That […]
Are you working with a student who is having trouble with letter sizing and staying on the lines? Try making this handwriting stencil using a plastic, gallon, milk container. The great things about the milk container are it is free, opaque and somewhat easy to cut. The opaque part is essential so you can trace […]
Need some quick, easy, ideas for summer time to practice handwriting, fine motor, gross motor and visual perceptual skills? Check out all of these free printables that are all set to go to entertain and encourage learning in children over the summer. 15 Ways to Play with a Beach Ball – print this out and attach […]
The weather is finally warming up which makes ice cream my new favorite dessert (actually I eat ice cream all year long but I love it even more during the summer time). Here is a brand new Ice Cream packet that includes fine motor, gross motor, visual perceptual and handwriting practice with an ice cream […]
Frontiers in Psychology published research examining the relationship between motor coordination and handwriting skills, and to identify differences in handwriting between children without and with coordination difficulties with a focus on visual–spatial skills. Motor coordination, graphic abilities, visual–motor integration, visual–spatial skills, and other cognitive abilities (memory and planning) were assessed in 83 children aged 7–10 years. […]
The Journal of Physical Science published research on 96 elementary school children with cerebral palsy to identify factors influencing handwriting articulation based on the international classification of functioning, disability and health (ICF) and to recommend effective evaluation and intervention strategies. The participants were: 54 males, 42 females, average age of 11.16 years old, 54 with […]