Handwriting Without Tears

Using the Handwriting Without Tears to practice our capital LETTERS and numbers 1 through 9 , we then took it to the next level by circling the letters that start in the middle of the square and boxing letters that start on the left of the square. The numbers 4 and 9 is the only one numbers or letters that start on the right of the square. We are using the plastic write on protect, as this is an activity that we will do several times.

Usborne Books: Learning Palette

This is a Learning Palette from Usborne Books. The palette has various cards of learning. This is an example of matching being sounds.

The picture on the left is Step 1

The picture on the right is Step 2 (no completely necessary, but for a child with visual issues it is)

The image below is the finished result.

This image shows how the child can flip the palette over and self check.

Making Play dough

Easy, Affordable, Play Dough!

Play dough is a fun, clay - like substance that kids love! It is very easy to make, and provides hours of fun! It can be expensive to buy at stores, but it's very easy and costs nothing to make it at home! The only materials you will need are:

1/2 cup salt
1/2 cup water
1-2 cup(s) flour

3 TBSP oil

2 TBSP Cream of Tartar

1-2 packs of no sugar Kool-Aide for color and smell


It only takes about 10 minutes to make ....mix dry and wet and then dump out on table and kneed

Snowflake Art

Materials

• three glass containers for primary colors
• pippets (or eye droppers)
• large baking sheet
• paper towels
• scissors
• white coffee filters
• tempera paint or food coloring

I used a baking sheet to frame the activity and avoid spills. I allowed the colored snowflakes to dry on the cookie rack.

Animal Tracks

Lesson One:

We read the following books together:

I also had a reference book that had a lot more detail of every animals tracks of North America.

After the reading, I wrote down animals that we may be able to "track" around our farm. Then Devon copied the words onto card stock.

Lesson Two:

Using the animal name cards and a camera we tracked out into the snow looking for animal tracks.

Lesson Three:

Animal Tracks Cards

Writing ABC's

Using handwriting without tears sheet for uppercase and 1-9 numbers. I had Devon circle the letters that start in the middle and square the letters that start on the side. Only 9 and 4 start on the right.

Vision Therapy: Think Tracks

Think Tracks

Devon has to jump according to the arrows direction and say it's direction. For example, up, down, right, and left. She must do the direction while visual tracking to the next arrow.