Hangman Freebie with Step By Step Drawing Instructions
Check out the latest ebook – Let’s Hang Out. You can play hangman, learn how to draw and sneak in some handwriting practice! Get your free sample Doggy Hangman at YourTherapySource.
Name or Word Exercises
Here is a brain break or nice warm up activity prior to handwriting practice. Check it out at Your Therapy Source.
Writing Forces and Pencil Grasps
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published research on the writing forces associated with four pencil grasp patterns in 74 children in grade 4.The students completed a handwriting assessment before and after a copy task and grip and axial forces were measured. The results indicated the following: no kinetic differences among grasps, whether considered individually […]
Handwriting Practice and Visual Perceptual Motor Practice
The American Journal of Occupational Therapy published research that compared two different handwriting interventions. Seventy two first and second grade students either received intensive handwriting practice or visual perceptual motor activities during a handwriting club for 12 weeks. The post test results indicated the following: the intensive handwriting practice group demonstrated significant improvements in handwriting […]
Handwriting, Motor Skills, Motor Memory and Autism
A poster presentation at the 2012 Society for Neuroscience annual meeting researchers reported on a small study using a digital tablet to record precise handwriting metrics of 12 boys with autism, 8 with attention deficit hyperactivity disorder (ADHD) and 12 controls. The tablet measured pen pressure, strokes, speed and precise letter formation while the children […]
Design a Toy Worksheet
Practice drawing and handwriting skills with this printable to help design a new toy. You can download and print it at YourTherapySource.com.
Christmas Categories
Print and play this Christmas categories game to practice handwriting.
Paper “Chain of Events”
Download this free template to make the paper “chain of events”. You can get the download at YourTherapySource.com.
Doodle Diaries
Check out this latest freebie – add to the doodle picture or squiggle and write a story about it. It is available on dotted line and double line paper. You can download the freebie at YourTherapySource. Here is a picture of a completed doodle and story –
Lined Paper and Letter Formation in First Graders
A recent study in the Journal of Occupational Therapy, Schools, & Early Intervention assessed two groups of first grade students with the Minnesota Handwriting Assessment. The first group printed on a four-lined writing grid that included top, middle, base, and descender guidelines. The second group printed on double lined paper that provided middle and base […]