OT FUN at Home
Today we’re working on writing letters WITHOUT paper and pencil. Look, there’s a lot going on and if your child is giving push back when it comes to using paper and pencil then don’t, save yourself and your child from anymore torture! There are other ways to work on letter writing:).
Other Writing Ideas:
writing in dried rice or pasta or dried beans
making letters out of play dough
building letters using household items (legos, throw pillows, wine corks—I mean we all have more of those these days, right?!)
building letters with snacks-make an A out of apples, or S out of strawberries!
tear paper (using regular paper, magazines, newspapers, etc.) and build letters with the paper tearings, you can even glue it down and make letter collages
When using these other ideas just make sure that you’re talking about how to make the letters as you’re doing it. For example, with the rice and cookie sheet, I started at the top and “made a big line down, jumped back to the top and made another big line down and then used a small line in the middle”. As long as the terminology remains the same (I use Handwriting Without Tears, but feel free to use whatever terminology your child does at their school), this is just as effective as using paper and pencil.
Stay safe and healthy and enjoy!