Kinetic Letters PD

Sue - Kinetic Letters, Part 1

Sue's TAI last year confirmed the beliefs around body strength, pencil grip, etc.
Last year teachers photocopied the children's work at the beginning and at the end of the year. The
programme had had a huge impact.
The programme frees up working memory leaving the children free to concentrate on creativity.
Begin with the red and green sections of the handbook (body strength and pencil grip).
The first 3 weeks need to focus on finger dexterity exercises, and at the same time picking up the
pencil (20 minute sessions); children sit in a circle and pass around a cup - everyone gets a pencil;
we need to be SO quiet to learn how to pick up a pencil.
Hand and finger strength activities (pg. 3): deliberately teach these activities so that the children
are very aware of the purpose of each before putting the activities out at Learning Through Play time.
Learning the Letters: 5 families:
The Jumper Letters (helps with p/q confusion because p is a jumper letter); Island Adventure is the
book to support the jumper letters.
The Abracadabra family ('d' is an abracadabra letter so this helps with the b/d confusion.
The Window Washers (each letter has a little flick)
Move it, Say it, Write it (move it - make it big while standing, medium while kneeling, using a finger
on the carpet - from gross to fine motor movements).