Throughout the early years, children are encouraged to participate in a range of fine-motor activities that develop: manipulative skills a dominant hand the ability to use both hands together New Wave Pre-writing Patterns aids the smooth transition to writing alphabet letters. Written by occupational therapists, this simple activity book presents a systematic and fun approach for teaching the foundation skills that are essential for children to learn the pre-writing patterns used to make pictures and then combined to make letters and numbers. New Wave Pre-writing Patterns workbook introduces each new pattern in three steps: Step 1 Learn the new pattern as a big body movement. At this initial stage it is essential that the oral prompting clues are also established. Step 2 Use art activities to practise the new movement, in big and small ways, to form a memory for making pre-writing patterns. Step 3 Consolidate the new movement and pattern through pre-writing pattern activity sheets. View Sample Pages New Wave Pre-Writing Patterns Write-On Posters Also available is the New Wave Pre-Writing Patterns Write-On Posters - 12 x A3-sized laminated posters. View Write-On Posters
