Grade level: 1, 2, 3, k, p, e, t.

Teachers know how important it is to develop children's fine motor skills as a stepping stone to future learning, and Mighty Fine Motor Fun provides you with the tools and information you need to teach fine motor skills to children ages 3 to 5. The activities in Mighty Fine Motor Fun are organized by age; they are useful and creative, but most important, they are fun! With few materials needed, the activities are perfect for both large and small groups and are easy to integrate into any curriculum. Activities include; Moving Bubbles Hide-and-Seek Playdough Tape It Up! Shape Person Itsy Bitsy Writing Utensils Paper Mobile And many more! In the final chapter of the book, author and occupational therapist Christy Isbell answers questions from real preschool teachers, including; ''should preschoolers use 'fat' or 'skinny' pencils?'' ''What type of paper is best for cutting?'' ''When should a child use an adult-like grasp of the pencil?'' Teachers will appreciate the practical, real-world knowledge Isbell offers, and children will love the playful, absorbing activities!

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Are you looking for an activity book that provides an exciting combination of coloring and improving your child's handwriting? This handwriting activity book is designed for little hands to activate and strengthen the tiny muscles of fingers and Improve handwriting. Handwriting is the end product of combining different occupational performance components like fine motor skills, visual-motor skills, and motor coordination skills. Currently, children spend a lot of their time on media devices like mobile, tablets, laptops, or computers. So instead of writing, they are taking shortcuts like texting acronyms and Emoticon. In this age of information overload, children are losing their creative aspects of arts by not using their visual-motor and motor coordination skills. As occupational therapists explain, these building blocks of creative development will only be retained if practised. In this Activity book, we give children to master different skills, as mentioned above, in a graded manner. We have made it as enjoyable as possible for children to accept this challenge and participate actively. We expect parents to sit with them, praise their effort, and not highlight mistakes. It is essential to know that every child is unique and progresses at their pace. Keeping them on their toes to match others pushes their confidence to a lower level, and they lose their self-esteem. Enjoy the mistakes with your children, and don't forget to reward them. It could be a pat on the shoulder, giving your kind comments, Drawing stars, or stickers. It will help your child to do it more, and they will master the above skills automatically. Every letter starts with a shape; why not first learn the shapes and let the hands and fingers move according, which helps to improve handwriting later. It is an engaging handwriting practice book to boost your child's progress at every stage of learning. The main focus of this book: Is to work on fine motor skills, which can help develop good handwriting in the future. This workbook is devised with different types of shapes and different shapes to increase complexity and difficulty level. Their brain cells start to process simple to complex designs 2 D shapes as they progress. Develop Visual-perceptual motor skills, which help observe and recognise visual information to synchronise with motor skills. ABCD... for handwriting practice and alphabets are introduced with bugs, flies, and different kinds of birds. Develop problem-solving ability with complex shapes, forms, and figures. It combines coloring activities and active learning. An ideal gift for kids to improve writing skills, pastime activities for summer, holidays, Christmas, and homeschooling.

Your Guide to Fine Motor Skill Development in the Home, Classroom, or Therapy Practice. Learn all of the basics of fine motor development and get age appropriate fine motor activity suggestions for kids of all ages. In Basics of Fine Motor Skills, you'll learn which skills are important for fine motor development, plus what fine motor development looks like in children at all age levels. Explore how gross motor, visual-motor, and sensory processing skills affect fine motor development. Plus learn what fine motor red flags to look for as your child develops. Get activity ideas and suggestions for all the different fine motor skills and also find age appropriate activities based on your child's skills and abilities. Your go-to-guide for everything fine motor related, it's the perfect resource for parents, teachers, and therapists.

Does your hand ache when you write? Packed with fun and simple ideas to help kids feel good about writing, this handwriting book with a difference helps children embed the strength and skills they need to get the most out of their written work, at home and school! From different kinds of cushions, hand warm-ups, and cool eye scan exercises, and pencil grips to yoga balls in cardboard boxes, personalized activity binders, playdough, lego, and Velcro on pencils, this book is filled with fun stuff to help kids focus, get stronger, and be in control of their writing. The strategies in the book are accompanied by cartoon-style illustrations, and the author includes useful tips for parents and teachers as well as handy visual charts, a quiz to identify areas of most difficulty, and checklists for children to track their own progress. Armed with the strategies and exercises in this book, kids will be well on their way to writing with greater ease, and the positive self-esteem that goes along with that. Suitable for children with writing difficulties aged approximately 7 to 12.