How to make your child write by using different writing techniques? How to develop writing skills in Montessori?
Before we introduce writing to the child, we must assess whether a child has normal sense of touch or not, if he is a special child, then you need to work on tactile sense which is the sense of touch by introducing different activities.
Sensory integration therapy is used to help child learn to use their all senses together, that is touch, smell, hear, sight and taste.This sensory integration therapy is claimed that it can help child to improve difficulties associated with autism like challenging and repetitive behavior. Sensory integration helps in building mental and physical framework within an individual's nervous system to properly perceive sensory input, regulate his or her responses and understand the significance behind a particular, texture, movement or sound.
Sensory processing issues are a form of autism spectrum disorder. Fact having sensory processing issues is not the same thing as having autism spectrum disorder. But sensory challenges are often a key symptom of autism.
Sensory processing disorder
Sensory integration
Sensory defensiveness
Oral motor
Auditory
Tactile
Steps to be followed for normalized or deviated child:
Work on child's holding and gripping skills by introducing EPL exercises and sensorial exercises first. For example Holding a tray or spoon, and few sensorial exercises related to visual or tactile sense initially.
Give your child pouring excercises which is related to EPL, to assess their hand and eye cordination skills. Few sensorial activities are also helpful
Then on third step you can work on pre writing skills discussed below.
INTRODUCTION TO PRE-WRITING SKILLS:
1. Slate and chalk
2. Paper and crayons
3. Tracing letters on trace and write mobile applications
4. Sand and tray
5. Salt and try
6. Any other granular substance can also be added in a tray so that a child can feel the granular substance moving in that direction along when he tries to trace a letter, line or a shape.
7. Sandpaper letters or Numbers
8. Metal insets
9. Tracing worksheets
10. Free hand scribbling with colour pencils and crayons.
11. Start and stop activity as discussed in previous post i.e best and easy ways to introduce writing being a special educator.
12. Painting with sponge.
Writing and tracing application
It is nice blog thanks for sharing. To cultivate writing skills in Montessori, engage children through diverse techniques. Start with sensorial experiences like sandpaper letters for tactile learning. Progress to the moveable alphabet for exploring word formation and sentence structure. Encourage journaling for self-expression and storytelling. Integrate collaborative writing activities to foster communication and teamwork. By combining these methods, Kid Advance Montessori nurtures a holistic approach to writing, sparking creativity and linguistic development.
ReplyDelete