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Question 1
1.1 Give and explain five learning handwriting activities that are of benefit to their
development. Use multisensory methods when engaging learners with these
activities ( adapted from Morin, 2019)
• Tracing the top and bottom lines where the learner needs to write :
- Using dark lined paper – this can be done by using a dark coloured felt –
tipped pen or better yet a pastel or wax crayon so not only is it a visual
indicator of where the lines are but also a textural indicator on the learners
hand.
- Gluing along the lines so that when it is dry the learner has another
textural indicator as to when their letters have reached the top or bottom of
the line.
• Tracing and doing mazes develops learner’s eye – hand coordination and fine
motor control, especially if they need to try stay inside the line when following a
maze or pattern.
- Following lines across a page.
- Tracing around objects, for example letter magnets, scissors, blocks etc.
- Trace letters by rolling out prices of playdough and laying them out in the
form of the letter.
• Using chalk, write a letter on the chalkboard or concrete surface and ask the
learners to practice writing the same letter using a wet sponge. Remember to te
Tell them to look carefully at where you start writing and in what direction you go
from there until the end. Afterwards, ask them to take a dry sponge and trace
their wet letter. Lastly allow them to write the letter themselves using chalk.
• Use a tongue depressor, a dry thick felt-tipped pen or even a rolled – up
newspaper to create a writing spacer. These can be decorated if you wish. This is
then placed onto the page after writing a word and the next word is written on the
other side.
• Create an alphabet freeze using different tactile and patterned material for each
letter, materials such as sandpaper, bubble wrap, pipe cleaners and string works
well for this.
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