Good Health and Free Handwriting and Yoga Story App. Elvonda

Here are a few free app suggestions for pediatric OTs and PTs for 8/12/16.  This week there is a pretty simple and straightforward handwriti...

Good Health and Back to School Handwriting Pages. Elvonda

Here are two free sample pages from the My School Handwriting Packet.   No matter what type of handwriting instruction methodology you are u...

Good Health and New Handwriting App � Handwriting Heroes Created By an OT. Elvonda

Handwriting Heroes is a new handwriting app developed by Cheryl Bregman who is an occupational therapist.  You may be familiar with her from...

Good Health and 5 Evidence Based Factors That Affect Handwriting Speed. Elvonda

Written output performance in the classroom is associated with handwriting speed.  If the child can not write with an appropriate speed it c...

Good Health and Superhero Match Up Fine Motor and Memory Activity. Elvonda

Challenge fine motor and memory skills with this Superhero Match Up freebie from the Superhero packet .  Print and laminate the page. Using ...

Good Health and Teaching Handwriting to Students with Learning Disabilities. Elvonda

School based occupational therapists frequently evaluate and treat students with learning disabilities especially including handwriting diff...

Good Health and Manuscript, Cursive or Keyboarding?. Elvonda

The Journal of Writing Research published a study on developing writers in grades 4-7 to compare manuscript , cursive and keyboard letter f...

Good Health and Summer Handwriting Practice. Elvonda

Here are two sample pages from the My Summer Handwriting Book packet .  The complete  My Summer Handwriting Packet download includes 5 dif...

Good Health and Simple Lines and Shapes Coloring. Elvonda

Coloring books are definitely the latest and greatest fad.  They are calming and encourage creativity.  I, myself have always enjoyed colori...

Good Health and DIY Handwriting Stencil Using a Milk Container. Elvonda

Are you working with a student who is having trouble with letter sizing and staying on the lines? Try making this handwriting stencil using...

Good Health and The Handwriting of the Future.... Elvonda

It turns out that handwriting may be making a big comeback!  Years ago handwriting was an integral part of the curriculum in our schools.  N...

Good Health and Visual Perceptual and Handwriting Freebie Page. Elvonda

Download two  sample pages for the Letter Cc to practice handwriting and visual perceptual skills. You can download the freebie here  http:/...

Good Health and Gross Motor Skills, Positioning and Handwriting. Elvonda

During 2016, I will be participating in a  series written by occupational and physical therapy bloggers on developing 12 functional skills f...

Good Health and 5 Free Snowman Printables . Elvonda

Here are 5 free snowman printables to practice fine motor, visual perceptual and handwriting skills: Three pages from the  Winter Handwritin...

Good Health and Improvements in Handwriting Following iPad Instruction. Elvonda

Computer and Education published research examining the effectiveness of iPad computerized writing instruction for 4th�9th graders (n = 35)...

Good Health and Top 10 Category Freebie. Elvonda

Challenge executive functioning skills and handwriting with this Category Game Top 10 Challenge Freebie.  This free download includes a sin...

Good Health and Black Friday through Cyber Monday Sale - Dollar Deals!. Elvonda

Check out these $0.99 specials until 11/30/15: 1.   Scavenger Hunts - Encourage physical activity and visual perceptual skills while going ...

Good Health and Handwriting Paper Practice App Review. Elvonda

I heard about  Writing Practice � Educators Edition with Ruled Paper  from SmartAppsforKids and it is free today � 10/23/15.  I was just tes...

Good Health and Stability Balls and Handwriting. Elvonda

Recent research (Master�s thesis) explored whether the use of stability balls affect the development of handwriting.  The study used a pre-t...