Description
Are your students using too much or too little pressure when they write? Do you need a seasonal or holiday activity for your students to help focus their attention? This Yearly Handwriting and Fine Motor Packet is ready to go to challenge your students’ skills – great for monthly progress monitoring too!
Created by a COTA, the 43 page PDF will be available electronically immediately following payment.
WHAT IS INCLUDED IN THE YEARLY HANDWRITING AND FINE MOTOR PACKET?
20 images included with and without dots and handwriting copy work for each page.
So many ways to use these pages:
- Coloring (images without dots are included)
- Handwriting and sentence practice (sentence to trace and write at the bottom of each page)
- Fine motor and proprioception with glue and sequins.
- Fine motor and proprioception with Q-tip painting
Seasonal and holiday pictures included: New Years Ball, Winter snowflake, snowman, Valentine’s day heart, St. Patrick’s day shamrock, Easter Egg, Spring flower, Summer sun, 4th of July or Memorial Day star, Birthday balloon, Fall acorn, pumpkin, apple, Thanksgiving pie, Christmas bell, tree, and ornament.
WHAT SKILLS ARE STUDENTS WORKING ON WITH THE YEARLY HANDWRITING AND FINE MOTOR PACKET?
- Fine Motor Skills – coloring, Q-tip™ painting, or sequin pages.
- Hand Strengthening – Students will use the small muscles of the hand needed to control a pencil.
- Proprioceptive input – They will complete the pictures while they work on proprioception, how much force is needed to complete a task.
- Handwriting and legibility practice – Before they color, paint, or use glue they should complete the handwriting writing task by tracing and writing the sentence.
Great for literacy centers, handwriting practice, progress monitoring, fine motor stations and OT sessions.
Occupational Therapy Tips from the Creator: Break crayons in half and use short pencils to promote a fingertip grasp when students are coloring, drawing, or writing.
My students love doing these with sequins. I have them practice putting a very small amount of school glue on each dot. They use small craft sticks or the tip of a pencil to pick up the sequin and place it in the glue. We practice holding the stick or pencil with a functional grasp. I find most of my sequin packs at my local dollar store, though some colors I order from Amazon.
