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1 Eleanor Street, Mount Gambier
Monday to Friday 8:30am – 5:30pm
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Fine Motor Friday:
✏️ Handwriting Spotlight
Handwriting is an important skill children use every day at school. It supports learning, communication, and independence.
What skills are needed for handwriting?
✋ Hand strength: Strong hand muscles help children hold and control a pencil, as well as endure writing for a long time!
👀 Hand-eye coordination: Helps guide the pencil to form letters accurately.
🧠 Motor planning: Knowing how to start and form each letter.
📏 Visual perception: Understanding spacing, sizing, and staying on the line.
🤲 Postural control : A stable body helps the hands move with precision.
Ways to support handwriting at home:
✔️ Encourage drawing and colouring. Start with thicker pencils when young, and transition to thinner/regular pencils as they are becoming more confident.
✔️ Play with play dough or building toys
✔️ Use short, fun writing activities
All of these little building blocks help promote proper pencil grasps! Pencil Grasp when handwriting is also important to promote the best control and reduce fatigue. See our rough checklist for the development of your child's pencil grasp!
Fine Motor Friday:
✏️ Handwriting Spotlight
Handwriting is an important skill children use every day at school. It supports learning, communication, and independence.
What skills are needed for handwriting?
✋ Hand strength: Strong hand muscles help children hold and control a pencil, as well as endure writing for a long time!
👀 Hand-eye coordination: Helps guide the pencil to form letters accurately.
🧠 Motor planning: Knowing how to start and form each letter.
📏 Visual perception: Understanding spacing, sizing, and staying on the line.
🤲 Postural control : A stable body helps the hands move with precision.
Ways to support handwriting at home:
✔️ Encourage drawing and colouring. Start with thicker pencils when young, and transition to thinner/regular pencils as they are becoming more confident.
✔️ Play with play dough or building toys
✔️ Use short, fun writing activities
All of these little building blocks help promote proper pencil grasps! Pencil Grasp when handwriting is also important to promote the best control and reduce fatigue. See our rough checklist for the development of your child's pencil grasp!
Fine Motor Friday:
✏️ Handwriting Spotlight
Handwriting is an important skill children use every day at school. It supports learning, communication, and independence.
What skills are needed for handwriting?
✋ Hand strength: Strong hand muscles help children hold and control a pencil, as well as endure writing for a long time!
👀 Hand-eye coordination: Helps guide the pencil to form letters accurately.
🧠 Motor planning: Knowing how to start and form each letter.
📏 Visual perception: Understanding spacing, sizing, and staying on the line.
🤲 Postural control : A stable body helps the hands move with precision.
Ways to support handwriting at home:
✔️ Encourage drawing and colouring. Start with thicker pencils when young, and transition to thinner/regular pencils as they are becoming more confident.
✔️ Play with play dough or building toys
✔️ Use short, fun writing activities
All of these little building blocks help promote proper pencil grasps! Pencil Grasp when handwriting is also important to promote the best control and reduce fatigue. See our rough checklist for the development of your child's pencil grasp!