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<blockquote data-quote="buddy" data-source="post: 467880" data-attributes="member: 12886"><p>Hi Malika! Even when I work in mainstream pre-K and K classes, most of the kids can't tie shoes yet. Names are written in their own personal style because most (if they do it at all) have learned by just trying to copy what they see. As they actually learn the mechanics of how to write the letters they slowly adjust the size and spacing. But you are with him and maybe because of his other challenges you are seeing something early? Do you have an Ipad or anything like that...they have cool apps for tracing the fingers on letters to form them the right way and move on up into spelling little words. Just to cover your bases given his "issues" maybe just play with pre-writing skills like copying your lines and shapes with sticks in sand, pudding play on a cookie sheet, lots of things can help him imitate going left to right and making curvy lines etc. just to practice the underlying skills to be able to do those things once he actually is in school working on them. Just some thoughts. OH and those colored foams that you can use in the bath...those are fun to draw in too....shaving cream works great for that too...smells nice also. (In Occupational Therapist (OT) they also had him put little clips on barbies -i know not a "boy" thing but he loved it on toy horsie hair too, he also did lots of those magnet things where a magnet pen pulls a bead thru a maze and that kind of thing)</p><p></p><p>Dont know if this makes sense, and forgive me if it is obvious info-it helps me sort thru puzzles with kids-- motor development goes from the midline out...so center of the body/core first then large muscles like upper arms etc out to fingers... So working on pre-writng we start with large chalkboard, finger/hand paint, etc...moving to pen/pencil and fine motor finger skills. Always cool to keep reinforcing the more mid-line skills to keep 'em solid.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="buddy, post: 467880, member: 12886"] Hi Malika! Even when I work in mainstream pre-K and K classes, most of the kids can't tie shoes yet. Names are written in their own personal style because most (if they do it at all) have learned by just trying to copy what they see. As they actually learn the mechanics of how to write the letters they slowly adjust the size and spacing. But you are with him and maybe because of his other challenges you are seeing something early? Do you have an Ipad or anything like that...they have cool apps for tracing the fingers on letters to form them the right way and move on up into spelling little words. Just to cover your bases given his "issues" maybe just play with pre-writing skills like copying your lines and shapes with sticks in sand, pudding play on a cookie sheet, lots of things can help him imitate going left to right and making curvy lines etc. just to practice the underlying skills to be able to do those things once he actually is in school working on them. Just some thoughts. OH and those colored foams that you can use in the bath...those are fun to draw in too....shaving cream works great for that too...smells nice also. (In Occupational Therapist (OT) they also had him put little clips on barbies -i know not a "boy" thing but he loved it on toy horsie hair too, he also did lots of those magnet things where a magnet pen pulls a bead thru a maze and that kind of thing) Dont know if this makes sense, and forgive me if it is obvious info-it helps me sort thru puzzles with kids-- motor development goes from the midline out...so center of the body/core first then large muscles like upper arms etc out to fingers... So working on pre-writng we start with large chalkboard, finger/hand paint, etc...moving to pen/pencil and fine motor finger skills. Always cool to keep reinforcing the more mid-line skills to keep 'em solid. [/QUOTE]
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