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<blockquote data-quote="tiredmommy" data-source="post: 199964" data-attributes="member: 1722"><p>Duckie does the same thing, it's not laziness but rather a writing issue that can be addressed with Occupational Therapist (OT) services. Here's some info I pulled from my school district's website:</p><p> </p><p>Philosophy of Handwriting Development</p><p> </p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">PHILOSOPHY OF HANDWRITING INSTRUCTION</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Learning to write demands the integration of cognitive, motor and perceptual skills. it is a complex process that needs to be taught systematically at developmentally appropriate stages.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Sound handwriting instruction is essential for the development of effective learners. It forms the basis for communication through written language. At the beginning, forming letters is a cognitive skill. As students become fluent, letter and word formation should become more automatic. Then less cognitive energy and attention will be spent on the mechanical part of writing and more on the content of writing.</p> <p style="text-align: left">Students with handwriting difficulties take longer to complete assignments and are unable to produce written language at the level at which they are able cognitively. Poor handwriting skill development negatively affects written language development. Problems and poor habits need to be remedied before they are well established. Direct handwriting instruction and monitoring of handwriting skills will help to reduce the number of difficulties. This should include letter formation lessons, practice opportunities, as well as feedback on performance. Our goal is for all students to reach a functional level of mastery.</p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: center">HANDWRITING PERFORMANCE COMPONENTS</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Sensory/Motor Skills:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Body laterality, Body and spatial awareness, Directionality, Visual perception, Visual-motor integration, Postural stability, Postural control, Proximal stability, In-hand manipulation, Hand separation, Hand strength, Movement and position awareness, Motor planning, Ocular motor control, Bilateral integration, eye-hand coordination, sensory integration, tactile discrimination</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Cognitive Skills:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Memory, Attention, Orientation to letters, Sequencing</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left">Psychosocial Skills:</p> <p style="text-align: left">Self esteem and concept, social interaction, values</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #006400">Occupational Therapy</span></p><p></p><p> </p><p style="text-align: left">School based Occupational Therapist (OT) sessions focus on building sensory motor foundations, </p> <p style="text-align: left">fine motor skills and prewriting/writing skills. These are some of the main</p> <p style="text-align: left">areas we address:</p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">KINDERGARTEN:</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Recognition of upper case and lower case letters; naming, matching, </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">beginning sounds</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Making upper case letters in various media; sand, paint, cutting sticks, </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">chalk, wooden pieces</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Letter puzzles, letters in feely boxes, letters drawn in air or on child's </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">back...</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Writing upper case letters on paper, writing numbers</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Hand skills: refining grasp patterns for small items, pencil grasp, hand </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">dominance, hand strength, wrist extension, hand arch</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Prewriting skills: tracing, coloring, drawing, copying basic shapes, </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">dot-to-dot, lacing, scissor skills</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Sensory motor skills: posture, balance, reflex integration, bilateral </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">integration, awareness of body in space</span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Outdoor games to play with friends in the neighborhood (hopscotch, </span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500">chalk drawings, jumprope, kickball...</span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000">FIRST GRADE: </span></span></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000">- Writing sentences with punctuation, capitals, spacing etc.</span></span><span style="color: #ff4500"></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Letter sounds, rhyming, letter chunks, sight word recognition</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Letter placement on writing line (tall letters, small letters, below </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">writing </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">line letters), formation of letters</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Visual-Motor skills: coloring, cutting, drawing, tracing, dot-to-dot</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Hand skills: hand strength, grasp patterns for small items, hand </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">dominance, hand arch, wrist extension</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Sensory motor skills: posture, balance, reflex integration, bilateral </span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">integration, awareness of body in space</span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Outdoor games (see above)</span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4500"></span></p><p> <span style="color: #ff4500"></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #1e90ff">SECOND GRADE:</span></span></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff">-Stress lower case letter formation, letter placement on line</span></span></span><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Writing samples stressing letter formation, spacing letters and words, </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #ff4500">writing mechanics/parts of sentence</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Word chunks, rhyming, sight word recognition, decoding words</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Visual -Motor skills: coloring, cutting, drawing, tracing, grasp patterns </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #ff4500">for small items, pencil grasp, wrist extension</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Sensory motor foundations; posture, balance, reflex integration, </span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #ff4500">bilateral integration, awareness of body in space</span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #ff4500">-Outdoor games (see above)</span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #9400d3">Third Grade: </span></span></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #9400d3">- Cursive writing using the Loops and Other Groups multi-sensory </span></span></span></span><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #ff4500">writing program</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #ff4500">- Cursive practice using cursive BINGO, scrabble, hang man, crossword </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #ff4500">puzzles, word finds, mystery writing and near-point/far-point speed writing</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #ff4500">- Visual skills, hand skills and large muscle coordination activities using </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #ff4500">ball and target games</span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #ff4500">- Some third graders learn computer keyboarding skills using software </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #ff4500">typing games (look for typing CD's for your child to practice with at </span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #ff4500">home if they are learning typing in Occupational Therapist (OT))</span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #ff1493">Fourth and Fifth Grade:</span></span></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #9400d3"><span style="color: #ff1493">- Learning and improving computer keyboarding skills; working on </span></span></span></span></span><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #9400d3"></span></span></span></span></p> <p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #9400d3"><span style="color: #ff4500">both speed and accuracy to allow them to complete school assignments</span></span></span></span></span></p><p><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #9400d3"></span></span></span></span></p><p> <span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #9400d3"></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #9400d3"><span style="color: #ff4500">At home encourage these skills through outdoor play and </span></p></span></span></span></span></p><p style="text-align: left"><span style="color: #ff4500"><span style="color: #808000"><span style="color: #1e90ff"><span style="color: #9400d3"><span style="color: #ff4500">games or hands-on activities. </span></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p><p></span><p style="text-align: left"></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="tiredmommy, post: 199964, member: 1722"] Duckie does the same thing, it's not laziness but rather a writing issue that can be addressed with Occupational Therapist (OT) services. Here's some info I pulled from my school district's website: Philosophy of Handwriting Development [CENTER]PHILOSOPHY OF HANDWRITING INSTRUCTION[/CENTER] [LEFT]Learning to write demands the integration of cognitive, motor and perceptual skills. it is a complex process that needs to be taught systematically at developmentally appropriate stages. Sound handwriting instruction is essential for the development of effective learners. It forms the basis for communication through written language. At the beginning, forming letters is a cognitive skill. As students become fluent, letter and word formation should become more automatic. Then less cognitive energy and attention will be spent on the mechanical part of writing and more on the content of writing. Students with handwriting difficulties take longer to complete assignments and are unable to produce written language at the level at which they are able cognitively. Poor handwriting skill development negatively affects written language development. Problems and poor habits need to be remedied before they are well established. Direct handwriting instruction and monitoring of handwriting skills will help to reduce the number of difficulties. This should include letter formation lessons, practice opportunities, as well as feedback on performance. Our goal is for all students to reach a functional level of mastery.[/LEFT] [CENTER]HANDWRITING PERFORMANCE COMPONENTS[/CENTER] [LEFT]Sensory/Motor Skills: Body laterality, Body and spatial awareness, Directionality, Visual perception, Visual-motor integration, Postural stability, Postural control, Proximal stability, In-hand manipulation, Hand separation, Hand strength, Movement and position awareness, Motor planning, Ocular motor control, Bilateral integration, eye-hand coordination, sensory integration, tactile discrimination[/LEFT] [LEFT]Cognitive Skills: Memory, Attention, Orientation to letters, Sequencing[/LEFT] [LEFT]Psychosocial Skills: Self esteem and concept, social interaction, values[/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#006400]Occupational Therapy[/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT]School based Occupational Therapist (OT) sessions focus on building sensory motor foundations, fine motor skills and prewriting/writing skills. These are some of the main areas we address:[/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500]KINDERGARTEN:[/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500]-Recognition of upper case and lower case letters; naming, matching, [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]beginning sounds[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Making upper case letters in various media; sand, paint, cutting sticks, [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]chalk, wooden pieces[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Letter puzzles, letters in feely boxes, letters drawn in air or on child's [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]back...[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Writing upper case letters on paper, writing numbers[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Hand skills: refining grasp patterns for small items, pencil grasp, hand [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]dominance, hand strength, wrist extension, hand arch[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Prewriting skills: tracing, coloring, drawing, copying basic shapes, [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]dot-to-dot, lacing, scissor skills[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Sensory motor skills: posture, balance, reflex integration, bilateral [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]integration, awareness of body in space[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Outdoor games to play with friends in the neighborhood (hopscotch, [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]chalk drawings, jumprope, kickball...[/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000]FIRST GRADE: [/COLOR][/COLOR][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000]- Writing sentences with punctuation, capitals, spacing etc.[/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff4500] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Letter sounds, rhyming, letter chunks, sight word recognition[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Letter placement on writing line (tall letters, small letters, below [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]writing [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]line letters), formation of letters[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Visual-Motor skills: coloring, cutting, drawing, tracing, dot-to-dot[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Hand skills: hand strength, grasp patterns for small items, hand [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]dominance, hand arch, wrist extension[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Sensory motor skills: posture, balance, reflex integration, bilateral [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]integration, awareness of body in space[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Outdoor games (see above)[/COLOR][/COLOR][/LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#1e90ff]SECOND GRADE:[/COLOR][/COLOR][/LEFT][/COLOR][LEFT][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000][COLOR=#1e90ff]-Stress lower case letter formation, letter placement on line[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Writing samples stressing letter formation, spacing letters and words, [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]writing mechanics/parts of sentence[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Word chunks, rhyming, sight word recognition, decoding words[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Visual -Motor skills: coloring, cutting, drawing, tracing, grasp patterns [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]for small items, pencil grasp, wrist extension[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Sensory motor foundations; posture, balance, reflex integration, [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]bilateral integration, awareness of body in space[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]-Outdoor games (see above)[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#9400d3]Third Grade: [/COLOR][/COLOR][/LEFT][/COLOR][LEFT][/left][/COLOR][LEFT][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000][COLOR=#1e90ff][COLOR=#9400d3]- Cursive writing using the Loops and Other Groups multi-sensory [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000][COLOR=#1e90ff] [COLOR=#ff4500]writing program[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]- Cursive practice using cursive BINGO, scrabble, hang man, crossword [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]puzzles, word finds, mystery writing and near-point/far-point speed writing[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]- Visual skills, hand skills and large muscle coordination activities using [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]ball and target games[/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]- Some third graders learn computer keyboarding skills using software [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]typing games (look for typing CD's for your child to practice with at [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]home if they are learning typing in Occupational Therapist (OT))[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000][COLOR=#1e90ff] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#ff1493]Fourth and Fifth Grade:[/COLOR][/COLOR][/LEFT][/COLOR][LEFT][/left][/COLOR][LEFT][/left][/COLOR][LEFT][/LEFT] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000][COLOR=#1e90ff][COLOR=#9400d3][COLOR=#ff1493]- Learning and improving computer keyboarding skills; working on [/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000][COLOR=#1e90ff][COLOR=#9400d3] [COLOR=#ff4500]both speed and accuracy to allow them to complete school assignments[/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/COLOR][/LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500][COLOR=#808000][COLOR=#1e90ff][COLOR=#9400d3] [LEFT][COLOR=#ff4500]At home encourage these skills through outdoor play and [/COLOR] [COLOR=#ff4500]games or hands-on activities. 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