Fine Motor Strength

      I found this website that has a nice list of ideas to help improve fine motor skills: Therapy Street for Kids.  Fine motor skills are important in many aspects of daily life - buttoning buttons, zipping zippers, picking up objects, holding a pencil/crayon, using scissors, etc.  This website provides several activities parents can do at home to help your son or daughter develop their fine motor skills.

Shaving Cream Activities

      Shaving cream is a fun way to reinforce writing letters, numbers, and spelling words.  Put some shaving cream on a cookie sheet (or table, counter, etc).  Dictate what you would like your child to write.  Encourage them to make letters following the Fundations directions (Lower Case Directions, Upper Case Directions)!

 Some possible prompts...

• Let's make the letter...
• What letter starts the word?
• What letter makes this sound ____?
• Show me how to make the number ____.
• (Clap a certain number of times) - can you write the number?