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The 9 pre-writing shapes that provide children with the foundation for writing letters and numbers. Children can practise these in a variety of ways, not jus...
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- Twinkl Educational Publishing
May 7, 2021 · To maximize motor learning and motor control (muscle memory), use the worksheet at the top of this description to demonstrate to your child how to draw the line or shape (top row), then have them...
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- The Hungry OT
Fun video introducing the pre writing shapes that young kids will use to write letters and numbers when they are developmentally ready. This video is meant t...
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- By the Letter Literacy_Reading Lab™
- Imitating Pre-Writing Shapes
- Recognising and Matching Pre-Writing Shapes
- Recognising Oblique Lines
- Copying Pre-Writing Shapes
When therapists use the term ‘imitate’ they mean that the child imitates movements that they have seen. So, the adult draws the shape before and with the child so that they can watch and imitate the movements. This is easier for the child as they don’t have to plan (or remember) the movement/s required. Worksheets are a form of imitation as well as...
Being able to visually recognise and match pre-writing shapes is an important step to being able to draw them. It is impossible to draw something that you don’t have a visual representation of. For example, could you draw a saola? My guess is that most people reading this article haven’t heard of a saola and therefore won’t know what to draw. Howev...
A common difficulty I have seen in children with additional needs is that they struggle to identify their oblique lines. So, they see | / and \ as the same shape. These children need more support to firstly understand that a straight line (|) is different to an oblique line (/ \). I often call them ‘straight man’ and ‘falling over man’ to make the ...
Once a child can imitate a shape, the next step is copying it. By copying, I mean they can look at a pre-drawn version of it and make their own, without any help from an adult. When copying, they need to have an understanding of how to plan their movements. This is much more difficult if the child is dyspraxic.
1 day ago · In this blog post, we will be exploring the 9 pre-writing shapes, some examples of fine motor skills that you can work on with your children and ideas on how to use the pre-writing shapes within activities.
Pre-writing patterns are different types of lines such as zig-zags, waves, or spirals. They are used by children when they are starting to get structure into their mark-making, moving beyond circles and dots. They are a bridge between the earliest mark-making and later writing letters.
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Pre writing shapes: Practice drawing the pre-writing shapes (l, —, O, +, /, square, \, X, and Δ). Finger games: that practice specific finger movements such as Incy wincy Spider . Craft: Make things using old boxes, egg cartons, wool, paper and sticky or masking tape.
