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Tuesday, February 24, 2015

Enjoy Learning: Sand Writing


Sand writing is one of the popular therapy activities to improve handwriting skills. It also helps with remembering letters and words by giving different feelings on the fingertips.  And it is fun!

1. Parent writes first.


Have your index cards ready and draw lines to help with writing alignment. Then you (parent) write a letter or word with a pencil lightly for your child to trace the letter or the word. 


2. Child traces the letter/word with different writing tools.


Child will trace the letter or the word a few times with different writing tools such as a pencil, color pencils, crayons, and different color markers. Please encourage your child to start writing at the top line and to trace it neatly.


3. Trace the letter/word with liquid glue.


If your child is done with tracing the word, use the liquid glue tracing it one last time. This step is not too easy and you can give some help here.  If your child wants to do this part, let him or her try it.  If it gets too messy, you can always start from the beginning. 



4. Sprinkle sands over the glue.


Before the glue gets dried, sprinkle sands over the glued letters.  This is fun part and it can get messy.  Children love playing with sands and love to get messy too. 



5. Let it dry.


Let it dry for a few minutes.  Depending on how much glue you used, it can take longer than a few minutes. 


6. Practice tracing


After it is dried completely, have your child trace the letter or the word multiple times with his/her fingertip on the writing hand. Spell it out loud while tracing each letter.  It will help your child with remembering the letter or the word.



 Let's get ready to be messy and have fun with your child.  Enjoy learning!
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