What are Prewriting & Precutting skills?
- Prewriting & precutting skills help your child develop hand strength and dexterity. The 5 activities and recommended apps were designed to be fun, while helping your child increase their fine motor abilities.
- These will help them when they begin writing!
- While your child is doing these activities allow them to do as much as possible on their own. If they get stuck then help them work through the problem!
Fun Apps!
Here is a list of SEVEN fun apps that will help your kids work on these skills
Use a visual timer like the app “Childrens Countdown” to help set time limits if needed |
1. Ready to Print (Created by an OT!)
2. Dexteria Jr.: Fine Motor 3. Letter Tracer 4. Injini: Child Development 5. Prewriting 6. Lego Creationary 7. Writing Wizard |
5 Fun Activity Ideas!
This page was created by students of Midwestern University's Occupational Therapy Program Class of 2015
Hilary Burton, Briana Culver, Alex Geleynse, Bethany Helton, Nicole Seckinger, & Shawn Soren