{"id":835,"date":"2020-05-12T00:07:54","date_gmt":"2020-05-12T04:07:54","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/?p=835"},"modified":"2020-05-11T23:15:57","modified_gmt":"2020-05-12T03:15:57","slug":"tools-tuesday-5","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/2020\/05\/12\/tools-tuesday-5\/","title":{"rendered":"Tools Tuesday"},"content":{"rendered":"\n
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This week I want to introduce you to Q-tips as a tool I frequently use in OT. Using a Q-tip to paint provides a different sensory approach to promote fine motor skills, grasp development, etc. I use a multi-sensory approach when teaching pre-writing and writing foundations, so it is important to use different mediums to teach those skills. Using a Q-tip as the “paintbrush” or the “writing tool” is another way to bring in another sensory option. It’s different for the students compared to using a marker, crayon, etc. and most kids love to paint! In addition to painting a picture, your child can write letters, numbers, words, etc. There are several websites that I found with Q-tip painting templates and here is one for your convenience. https:\/\/www.clipart.email\/clipart\/q-tip-coloring-pages-354540.html<\/a> However, you don’t need a template if you don’t have a printer. Draw shapes or write letters, numbers, words on paper, cardboard, etc., and have your child trace them using the Q-tip. Your child can make their own pictures, etc. Get creative and have fun! There is no right or wrong way to get creative with your children! <\/p>\n\n\n\n

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This week I want to introduce you to Q-tips as a tool I frequently use in OT. Using a Q-tip to paint provides a different sensory approach to promote fine motor skills, grasp development, etc. I use a multi-sensory approach when teaching pre-writing and writing foundations, so it is important to use different mediums to…»<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1565,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-835","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-blogs"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1565"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=835"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":843,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/835\/revisions\/843"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=835"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=835"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/iblog.dearbornschools.org\/lillyl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=835"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}