{"id":158,"date":"2020-04-02T11:53:05","date_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:53:05","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/?p=158"},"modified":"2020-04-02T11:53:06","modified_gmt":"2020-04-02T15:53:06","slug":"lets-practice-the-pre-writing-shapes","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/2020\/04\/02\/lets-practice-the-pre-writing-shapes\/","title":{"rendered":"Let&#8217;s Practice the Pre-Writing Shapes!"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-16-9 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\">\nhttps:\/\/www.youtube.com\/watch?v=aRcrViS-sJs&#038;feature=youtu.be\n<\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color\">The Pre-Writing Shapes are typically mastered in this order:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Vertical line<\/li><li>Horizontal line<\/li><li>Circle<\/li><li>Cross<\/li><li>Square<\/li><li>Diagonal line \/ <\/li><li>Diagonal line \\<\/li><li>X<\/li><li>Triangle<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-background has-cyan-bluish-gray-background-color\">Tips for practicing the pre-writing shapes with correct formation:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Always start from the &#8220;TOP TOP TOP&#8221; (this is a phrase I use with many of my students)<\/li><li>Always move from the Left to the Right<\/li><li>Add a sound when making strokes to encourage engagement (I use &#8220;SHOOP!&#8221; with many of my students, as well as &#8220;CIRCLE&#8230;..STOP!&#8221; and &#8220;DOWN and ACROSS&#8221;)<\/li><li>Practicing on a vertical surface helps to develop muscles in the arm needed for better handwriting skills<\/li><li>Use small writing utensils &#8211; small piece of chalk, broken crayon, small pencil, small marker. Using small writing utensils encourages students to use a developmentally appropriate pencil grasp<\/li><li>Remind your students to use their &#8220;Helper Hand&#8221; to hold their paper still as they write<\/li><li><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\">Have fun!<\/span> It is important that students enjoy these activities or they will grow to dislike all writing activities.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Pre-Writing Shapes are typically mastered in this order: Vertical line Horizontal line Circle Cross Square Diagonal line \/ Diagonal line \\ X Triangle Tips for practicing the pre-writing shapes with correct formation: Always start from the &#8220;TOP TOP TOP&#8221; (this is a phrase I use with many of my students) Always move from the Left to the Right Add a sound when making strokes to encourage engagement (I use &#8220;SHOOP!&#8221; with many of my students, as well as &#8220;CIRCLE&#8230;..STOP!&#8221; and &#8220;DOWN and ACROSS&#8221;) Practicing on a vertical surface helps to develop muscles in the arm needed for better handwriting skills Use small writing utensils &#8211; small piece of chalk, broken crayon, small pencil, small marker. Using small writing utensils encourages students to use a developmentally appropriate pencil grasp Remind your students to use their &#8220;Helper Hand&#8221; to hold their paper still as they write Have fun! It is important that students enjoy these activities or they will grow to dislike all writing activities.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2592,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[16,36,18],"tags":[30,31],"class_list":["post-158","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-handwriting","category-helpful-links","category-visual-motor","tag-fine-motor","tag-pre-writing-shapes"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2592"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=158"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/158\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=158"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=158"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/dandroe\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=158"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}