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10 Must-Haves in your Handwriting Tool Box

Is handwriting a lost art? Should we still be implementing handwriting? If you believe that handwriting is a necessary skill, then check out this article indicating ten must haves for your handwriting tool box. By Katherine J. Collmer, M.Ed., OTR/L

Laura Lurns Last updated November 22, 2016 · 1 min read

OT tool box, is a developmental plan, to help children with difficulty in learning. It was created with some major key points, in order to allow the child to have fun, and make them more confident in their learning path. These tools are an extremely important and valuable tool for any child with learning differences.

You do not need to have a large or expensive arrange of tools for exercises to assist with visual and motor skills; simple, sometimes free items can assist with the skills that are necessary to improve handwriting.

The main categories for the tool box are as follows: Gross Motor Warm Ups, warming up muscles to prepare for other assignments, Vision Skill Warm Ups, fun games to get them visually stimulated, Visual-Perception Work, tangrams, in which they can cut-out and color, Fine motor work, playing with putty, to help with skills, and functional handwriting tasks, which help to assist in practicing their writing skills.

Key takeaways

There is a variety of toys, gadgets and games to use in your handwriting teaching toolbox.
The areas of focus for the children are gross motor warm-ups, vision skills, visual-perceptual work, fine-motor skills and functional handwriting.
These games are conveniently downloadable as handouts in my Handwriting Development Assessment and Remediation book.

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A screener is a starting point, not a diagnosis. If your child might need formal accommodations (an IEP or 504 plan), or you suspect a vision, hearing or medical cause, pursue a professional evaluation too. That is the only route to those supports.

Laura Lurns · Learning Success expert Writes about the learning brain for parents who want plain answers. Every article is grounded in current neuroscience and classroom practice.

You do not need to have a large or expensive arrange of tools for exercises to assist with visual and motor skills; simple, sometimes free items can assist with the skills that are necessary to improve handwriting.

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