Today I walked and there were seven boxes
from Amazon.com© containing various items from Play Doh©! We can really develop
their handwriting, fine motor skills on a daily basis.
YEAH! 
These items were funded by various
individual and Play Doh© corporation. I posted the project “Daily Workout for Fingers” on
DonorsChoose.org in October and the final funding occurred on December 31,
2014.
Developing
handwriting skills involves more than just picking up a pen and making marks on
a paper. It involves strengthening their fine motor skills, so that they can
write creatively, paint, cut and put other artistic project without tiring
their hands. It is much like training for a marathon.
The items from this project will help me
entice my students to:
Improve their
handwriting Strengthen their
fine motor skills Inspire them to use
these items to work on those skills during free time.
The project includes
a lot, and I do mean a lot, of Play
Doh ©. I was concerned that the various project would not have enough Play Doh©
to complete this objective over a significant length of time.
The project includes a lot, a lot of Play
doh©, which is great because I was concerned that the various projects would
not have enough Play Doh©. I do! Thanks to the donors, I have three boxes that
contain 36 cans of various Play Doh©. In
addition, there are toys, cooking, trucks, tools and a book to help me with the
lesson. Over the next six weeks, I will
be developing unit that include tactile lessons, fine motor lessons, endurance
and improve their creative skills.
Here are the highlights of the objectives
that I will develop. I will post the
units in my Teacher store and will post lessons on this blog.
1.
Do
Now Exercise:
2.
Scissors
skills
3.
Eye
Hand coordination
4.
Creative
stories (writing and projects)
5.
iPad
App
Included with the lessons will rituals and
routines in order to prevent damage and loss of materials. These lessons will
have specific objectives designed for student with development issues,
specifically in the fine motor and tactile area. The lesson can also be used for
student ages 2-8 years old.
I hope you find the hints useful and the
lessons worth the time to read this blog.
