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One of the most efficient tools you can purchase to help your child with proper grasp on writing tools is by far an easel! The reason for this is that it forces your child to bend his wrist into extension and automatically close his fingers around a pencil (we call this tenodesis). You must then
These past few days my mind has been occupied by the mass shooting in Parkland, FL. Being that I live in Miami, it’s not difficult to come across someone that has been directly affected by this devastating event. I really wanted to write about this. I can’t help but think what has our world come
This is my favorite time of the year!!! Back to school!!! I get to do what I love the most! Giving workshops to all the wonderful teachers that I work with! Here’s a little snippet of my workshop. You can view all the slides by following this link. The sensory approach to maximizing students’ potential
Back to School is around the corner and it’s already here for some of our kids! Miss Mancy is back to school to and ready to get back into blogging! I love sharing tricks of the trade to teachers, therapists and care takers. Now that back to school is here, let’s focus on strategies you
Working in the schools for many years, I see that teachers have less and less time to work one-on-one with a child that has fine motor difficulties. I therefore try to provide teachers with tools that they can easily incorporate into their classroom stations so that children are working on fine motor skills any chance they
Use lots of visuals!!! Use manipulatives ex: pegs, cubes, number line. For younger children, I suggest you using loose cubes rather than the cubes that click together to connect. I have seen many struggle with the fine motor component of clicking cubes together and separating them due to lack of strength and coordination. This slows
