Fine Motor Webinars

Our Occupational Therapy team presents a series of videos on Fine Motor Skills to help support you and your family in your handwriting/printing journey!

Fine Motor Skills

Learn the basics of how children develop fine motor skills, positioning to promote functional use of hands and activities that help to further strengthen fine motor skills.

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Pencil Grasp

Learn about how grasp develops, what makes a grasp functional and how to facilitate pencil grasp for your child.

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Scissors Skills

Learn about pre-cutting skills and steps to learning how to cut. Explore a variety of activities to help develop scissors skills and using scissors safely.

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Pre-Printing Skills

Learn about pre-printing stages, first strokes, teaching your child good habits for early success with drawing and printing readiness.

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Upper Case Letter Formation

Learn about the basics of printing upper case letters, why they are taught first, the stages of learning to print, fun printing programs to support a multi-sensory approach to learning to print letters.

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Lower Case Letter Formation

Learn about the basics of lower case letter formation, explore different strategies and programs to promote learning to print letters. Learn to use a multi-sensory approach, including verbal and visual cues, to support the development of printing.

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Spatial Aspects of Printing

Learn about how spatial aspects of printing impact legibility, clarity and why they are important. Learn about strategies to support appropriate size, spacing, use of lines and margins to promote printing that can easily be read and understood.

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