by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
Handwriting is an important functional skill for any child. Throughout the school day, children are expected to use handwriting to communicate their thoughts, express their ideas, and answer questions. The importance of handwriting in school curriculum has diminished...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Sensory Processing
Busy Hands for a Fidgety Kid Fidgets, Fidgets, Fidgets! If you’ve been reading my latest posts, you’ll notice that I’ve been talking a lot about fidgets, fidgeting, and all things fidgety. Teachers are constantly asking how to help their students focus and how...
by Miss Jaime | Fine Motor & Bilateral Skills, Gross Motor Skills, Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
Shoulder stability provides an important foundation for fine motor skills! It’s really the first thing I look at as an OT when a teacher asks me to “screen” a child for OT difficulties. Shoulder stability should be established by the time a child starts kindergarten....
by Miss Jaime | Handwriting & Visual Motor Skills
5 Tricks to help your child with cutting 1. Thumbs up for good cutting! Teach your child that “thumbs up” means “good job”. Then, show them that in order to cut properly, both hands should be “thumbs up” or “thumbs on...
