Additional Websites from MultiSensory Handwriting Skills ...



Additional Websites from MultiSensory Handwriting Skills Workshop

Presented by Kim Wiggins, OTR/L ()

1. Slide 3: Handwriting Standards:

2. Slide 4: Wikipedia: SAT writing section:

3. Slide 6: Pyramid Response to Intervention Reproducibles:

4. Slide 9: Handwriting and RTI:

a.

b. back to school:

c.

d.

5. Slide 15: Response to Intervention Handwriting Article: p. 227,

6. Slide 18: get people to donate to your cause: ,

7. Slide 19: Handwriting Recognition:

a. Digital Pen or writing with mouse ($35 and up) – Recommend the Z Pen

b. The Pulse smartpen records everything you write and hear, so you never miss a word. ($99 and up)

c. Graphics tablet (as low as $20)

8. Slide 20: To get a free version of WordQ and/or SpeakQ, complete this contact form: contact

9. Slide 20:

a. WordQ products:

b. Text to Speech on Windows! Control Panel – Ease of Access – Speech Recognition (support.)

c. Premier Assistive Technology Accessibility Suite ($89): (Talking…calculator, dictionary, word processor, word prediction)

10. Slide 21:

a. Assistive Technology:

i.

b. Disorganized Students: 

How to Use Speech Recognition: 

Modifications for Dysgraphia: 

c. See attached list of “apps”

d. Handwriting Boosts the Brain VIDEO:

11. Slide 23: Audioblox:

12. Slide 24: Dyslexia tips:

a. Hints and Tips for Parents

b. Hints and Tips for Teachers

13. Slide 31: Sensory VIDEOS:

a. VESTIBULAR:

b. PROPRIOCEPTIVE:

c. Paris, B.A., Murray-Slutsky, C. “Is it Sensory or is it Behavior?”

14. Slide 34: The Listening Program:

15. Slide 36: VIDEO of ATNR:

16. Slide 39: VIDEO of STNR:

17. Slide 39: VIDEO of STNR exercise ():

18. Slide 40: VIDEO of spinal galant reflex:

19. Slide 40: VIDEO of spinal galant exercise:

20. Slide 41: Extra reflex exercises:

21. Slide 44: Oobieyes for helping hand:

22. Slide 44: Helping Hand with Obama VIDEO (scroll down for link):

Slide 45: Webber Slant Board and Binder:



23. Slide 49: Vision Affects Learning Slideshow:

24. Slide 49: Vision Therapy VIDEO:

25. Slide 51: Free VERA visual screening:

26. Slide 52: Vision Therapy and OT:

27. Slide 52: How to become a certified vision therapist:

28. Slide 52: Free visual resources for parents/teachers:

a. highlights for kids FUN FINDER:

b.

c.

d.

29. Slide 53: Vision conferences: Understanding and Managing Visual Deficits In Children: A Guide for Occupational Therapists

30. Slide 54: Brain Builder

31. Slide 56: Fat Brain Toyz website:

32. Slide 57: Up To Ten games: click on “uptoten free” > click on “search” > choose categories:

33. Slide 60: OTs can use this to based on skills that they need to work on or materials they have:

34. Slide 60: “A Preschool Teacher’s Back to Basics Guide to Hand and Fine Motor Skill Development:

35. Slide 60:

a. Website to buy cheap treatment ideas and free research articles

b. – used for occupational therapists to bounce ideas off eachother!

c. Website that can be used for treatment ideas (some things are free or $20 per year)

36. Slide 60: Games for Writing by Peggy Kaye:

37. Slide 60: Public School OT:

38. Slide 70: Crayon rocks:

39. Slide 72: Make your own Handi-writer:

40. Slide 74: Pencil Pressure:

41. Slide 85: Zaner Bloser:

42. Slide 86: ZB Fonts Online:

43. Slide 92:

a. ABC Teach (word shapes, crosswords, word search, etc.)



b. Tracing Handwriting Worksheets(Available for ZB or D’N)

c. Trace and copy books (Available for ZB or D’N)

d. Spelling City (Available for ZB, D’N, or cursive)

e. Alphabet Printing Activities (worksheets, games, crafts)

44. Slide 103: A+ Worksheet Maker:

45. Slide 109: Learning Lounge > Mat Man World > Games for Kids:

46. Slide 125: The Written Productivity Profile (FREE assessment):

47. Slide 126: FREE McMaster Handwriting Assessment:

48. Slide 128: FREE HWT screeners:

49. Slide 136: Includes Teacher Manual, font, and worksheets $60 per computer

50. Slide 152: Write Track:

51. Slide 155: graph paper: activities> math helpers> overview & grid paper:

a. Also, Realistic pictures for schedules. Go to: Picture cards> print cards> (choose area)

52. Slide 156:

a. Stop and Go Paper:

b. Free printable paper

c. Word Shapes Worksheet

d. Webber Handwriting Paper CD to buy:

e. Low vision writing paper and writing guides:

53. Slide 158: Left handed worksheet generator:

54. Slide 166: Type in different writing programs for interactive smartboard handwriting lessons:

55. Slide 194: Free lessons and games Typing skills:

a.

b. Dance Mat Typing:

c. Lessons, tests, games:

d. Type E Chi:

e. Fun Computer Programs Online:

f. Doorway Text Type:

g. Learning Games For Kids:

Books added to Workshop:

Games for Writing by Peggy Kaye

S.M.I.L.Y Yoga Program 80 Pre Planned Yoga sessions by April Merrilee

Paris, B.A., Murray-Slutsky, C. “Is it Sensory or is it Behavior?”

Extra Websites:

Teach Cursive First program:

App Website with recommendations:

Zaner Bloser and D’Nealian list of websites:

Articles:



Grip Tips:

• Binder Clip – put a binder clip on a pencil, flip up the silver sides so that it looks like a butterfly, index finger is placed between the 2 “butterfly wings.” This is used as a modification to the twist-n-write pencils or adapted tripod grip.

• Stick a pencil through a Styrofoam ball to facilitate thumb flexion (to hinder thumb hyperextension)

• Twist-N-Write pencils (refills can be found on )

“App” This and “App” That… Is there really an app for __________?

(Occupational Therapy Suggested Apps Updated 3/18/11)

Autism Apps article :

|APP NAME |PURPOSE |COST |

|FirstWords: Deluxe |Reading game |$4.99 |

|iPrompts |Uses pic. library/downloaded-imported pic. to create visuals (i.e. schedules, timers, choices,|$49.99 |

| |etc.) | |

|iTakeTurns |Simple visual with “voice” support to give a “voice” for turn taking |$0.99 |

|Sentence Builder |Assists with learning to build a sentence |$3.99 |

|Answers: Yes/No |AAC of just yes or no—female/male |$0.99 |

|iQuestion |Assists with learning how to build a question |$2.99 |

|*Survival Signs and Words |Reinforce basic signs/words for independent living |$0.99 |

|*Hygiene |Reinforces basic hygiene care/skills |$0.99 |

|My Choice Board |“choice” boards on a clipboard backdrop… can customize |$9.99 |

|*School Signs/Words |Reinforces basic signs/words within the school environment |$0.99 |

|Dragon Dictation |Voice recognition app, speak your text, powered by Dragon NS |FREE |

|Percentally |a tally counter that automatically converts tallies to percentages |$2.99 |

|Calcbot |a calculator that has a memory; functions as regular or scientific one | |

|iConverse |an educational tool designed for young children and individuals with communicative |$9.99 |

| |disabilities | |

|iSentence |an educational tool to assist elementary school-aged students to build sentences |$3.99 |

|iLanguage Builder |designed to help children accomplish the following educational goals: 1) Improve sentence |$3.99 |

| |ideation ; 2) Improve sentence formation; and 3) Improve receptive and expressive language | |

|Click n’ Talk |augmentative communication app that allows the user to attach text and voice to individual |$2.99 |

| |pictures, and organize photos in photo albums. | |

|VocaBeans |helps people with speech conditions communicate |FREE |

|VisuoTimer |a visual timer |FREE |

|Talking Tom |Tom is your pet cat, that responds to your touch and repeats everything you say with a funny |FREE |

| |voice | |

|DoodleBuddy |most fun you can have with your finger! Finger paint with your favorite colors and drop in |FREE |

| |playful stamps. | |

|Write Now |A whiteboard for handwriting |$2.99 |

|ABC Tracing |A way to trace and learn letter formation, simple words | |

|Drawing Kids |An interactive way to promote copying/handwriting | |

|Handwriting Zaner-Bloser |An app to address learning how to write the Zaner-Bloser | |

|123 Tracer |Learn to write numbers |FREE |

|ABC Tracer |Learn to write letters |FREE |

|iWrite Letters |Learn to write letters |$2.99 |

|Alphabet Tracing |Fun train, truck and worm animations come to life for children to follow, while showing the |FREE |

| |proper way to write alphabet letters and numbers. | |

|Letter Tracer |Letter tracing |FREE |

|Letters in My Soup |A new way of playing alphabet soups. Select a topic (planets, countries, fruits.... ) and |FREE |

| |create words by dragging with your finger the letters that float in the soup... How many can | |

| |you find? | |

|Spell Blocks |a fun game that helps children learn how to spell the sight words |$0.99 |

|Toddler Teasers |Teaching letters phonetically |$1.99 |

|Sight Words |Visual model of sight words with voice support | |

|Fun Words Deluxe |Spelling sight/simple words that applies to different categories | |

|Locabulary |provides endless fun for the toddlers in your life, all while giving your child a head start |$4.99 |

| |on learning their letters and learning to spell words | |

|Play Words |makes learning words fun for kids |$1.99 |

|Word Bingo |Sight Word BINGO featuring the Dolce Word List |$0.99 |

|Colouring In “The Wiggles” |Using the colour paletts and your artistic talents, paint The Wiggles, Dorothy the Dinosaur, |FREE |

| |Captain Feathersword, Wags the Dog, and Henry the Octopus. | |

|Coloring Book |Coloring tasks | |

|Color Me! |Coloring tasks | |

|PaperCutKids |Assists and guides craft ideas; visually demonstrates steps | |

|FlashToPass Free |an easy-to-use, elegant program designed to facilitate mastering the basic math facts learned |FREE |

| |in Elementary School. | |

|Toddler Counting |teaching your child to count |$0.99 |

|Alpha Count |an educational application which primarily goal is to teach children from 3 to 5 years old to |FREE |

| |recognize and write numbers. | |

|Math BINGO |Practice math skills |$0.99 |

|POP Math |Practice math skills while incorporating visual tracking skills |FREE |

|Balloons: Tap & Learn |Teach your child their colors, numbers, and animals in this interactive colorful game! |FREE |

|Flip It! Lite |Create a flip book on the IPod/IPad |FREE |

|Draw Today |Step by Step Directions with written and visual support | |

|How to Draw with Mark Kistler |Step by step instructions for creating character drawings | |

|Drawing Both |Used to address bilateral coordination skills |FREE |

|Dot to Dot Number Whiz |Dot-to-dot designs that fill into a colored picture once complete |$1.99 |

|CookieDoodle |A creative play game that promotes following directions/isolated finger movements. | |

|CakeDoodle |A creative play game that promotes following directions/isolated finger movements. | |

|Pizza Maker |A creative play game that promotes following directions/isolated finger movements. | |

|KidCalc |"the best math app for young kids" |$1.99 |

|Pancake Rush |A creative play game that promotes following directions/isolated finger movements. | |

|Gobble Gator |Great way to practice eye-hand coordination |FREE |

|UNO |A different way to play UNO | |

|Disney All Star Cards |A variety of different card games to play | |

|Whac-A-Mole |Classic whac-a-mole game |$1.99 |

|Finger Sprint |Run with your fingers as fast as you can to try and get to the top of the leader board. |FREE |

|Fruit Ninja |a juicy action game |$0.99 |

|MonsterMaker |Elmo wants you to make a monster friend! It’s easy! Choose a monster body and touch its face |$3.99 |

| |to give it eyes, nose and a hat—there are lots and lots and lots to choose from. When you’re | |

| |done, Elmo will dance and play with your monster! This is going to be so much fun! | |

|Oregon Trail |The “true” classic game of Oregon Trail | |

|Kids Genius |A variety of children games | |

|ABA Flashcards |Simple flashcards that apply to different themes | |

|DigiTap |Finger motor coordination movements | |

|Eye Exercises |A varity of different eye exercises | |

|Eye Training |A varity of different eye exercises | |

|Speedtest |Visual reaction times | |

|Metronome |Auditory input | |

|Smart Oral Motor |Oral Motor Exercises | |

|Line Art |Visually stimulating way to practice pre-graphic skills | |

|Functional Skills Systems |Mini-video clips that teach life skills | |

|Autism Express |Assists with identifying emtoions | |

|DriversEd |Assist students learn how to drive and apply the rules of the road | |

|iSignLite |Visual reference for use of sign language | |

|Typing Test |Test your speed skills for typing | |

|Typing Tutor |Learn key identification skills for typing | |

|Dragon Dictation |Voice recognition app to assist in hands free typing | |

|Stickman Says |Movement game play with visual support | |

|Simon Says Jump |Movement game play with visual support | |

|Nerd Workout |An entertaining “elapsed timer” and “calorie burner”; good idea for resistant teenagers!! | |

|101 Yoga Poses |Provides visual for yoga positions | |

|Yoga Relax |Provides visual for yoga positions | |

|Yoga Stretch |Provides visual for yoga positions | |

|Coin Math |Address money identification, money management skills | |

|Money |Money recognition skills and math skills | |

|Vocation |Providing an assessing tool for transitional planning | |

|Sort & Categorize Game |Using “real” item pictures to place in category target | |

|Dora Coloring |Coloring Dora pictures | |

*I cannot recall the cost of all apps… but it will tell you once you search them on iTunes!

Additional Apps to check out…

|Action Maze |Gemswap |Kid Blocks |EasyMatch |

|Toobz |MonkeyMatch |Shape Puzzle for Kids |FunMatchKids |

|Lite Fun |Memory Block |Square Peg |ISpy |

|Kid’z Maze |Highlights Hidden Picture |Word Search |Dora’s ABCs |

|Wriggle Free |picOut2 |Pure Hidden |Air Horn |

|Tetris |Xylophone |

|CountTV |BubbleFREE |

|JukeBox |Baby Phone |

|FiveLittleMonkeys |DemDancingBONES! |

|Learn 2 Dial |Diego Musical Missions |

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