Handwriting Articles

Penmanship Olympics

Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008

Extend the olympic season by introducing bronze, silver and gold prize bags for meeting penmanship expectations. Students appear to be engaged when they can add up scores to see which bag they can pick a preferred “goodie”. Other incentive structures could be earning time with favorite activities, lunch with the teacher or a […]

Occupational Therapy Tips for the Classroom

Tuesday, September 4th, 2007

Welcome back teachers!!
As everyone is getting in gear to begin the new school year, I’d like to provide reminders that can be helpful for creating good habits. Students need frequent reminders in order to create those good habits for learning. At the beginning of this new school year take a moment to check posture, grasp […]

Flip That Pencil

Monday, December 11th, 2006