Feel welcome to explore the AOTA webiste. Click on the "Practice" tab at the top of the page to select "Children and Youth" for  handouts, FAQs, child development tips, and more! 

This is a great free website full of fun ideas to help develop skills at home!

View these videos on YouTube to learn simple and fun ways to promote great hand grasp helpful for handwriting!

Pinch and Flip Method

Tripod Pencil Grasp Song

Homemade Pencil Grips

3 Activities to Help Promote Handwriting Grasp

How to Use Tongs/Clothespins to Develop Pencil Grasp

Activities to Promote Approrpiate Wrist Position During Writing

Tips to Increase Pencil Pressure

Handwriting Without Tears is a curriculum designed with multi-sensory approaches to learning skills. Included are songs, movement, and simple language to use while teaching students handwriting. 

Learn more about visual-motor skills and how they can improve student performance in academic activites!