I ran across this little car on Amazon called the Doodle-Track Car . You draw a black line, and it has a sensor that will follow the line. I thought that this car would fit into my road theme, and kids would have fun drawing lines for the car to follow. I modified my road… [Continue Reading]
How I use the Road Writing
May 16, 2011 By 1 Comment
I am writing a lot about the roads that I made because I have been working on them for so long, and have been keeping myself from writing about them until they were done. I use the big roads and letters, and the maps the most. That could be because they are the ones that… [Continue Reading]
Friday Share May 13
May 13, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here is a compilation of some interesting articles and activities that were shared this week. Included are an autistic man singing the national anthem, Salt art, Cut up cardboard box sculpture, play kitchen recipes, The Power of a Weighted Blanket, A day in the life of an OT with an Ipad, Monkey bars: getting ready… [Continue Reading]
More Road Writing
May 11, 2011 By 1 Comment
When I was using the road maps with some students, they had a very hard time following the paths, so I decided to simplify it even more. A couple of these kids had trouble drawing a line from one point to another. I figured a good transition would be having a car follow a road… [Continue Reading]
Handwriting remediation using roads
May 9, 2011 By 4 Comments
I have several kids that I work with who needed to get back to the basics of writing. Some of them could not even follow a path from one point to another. I got out my car mat, and had them follow the roads with their car and look for the places that I told… [Continue Reading]
Friday News May 6
May 6, 2011 By Leave a Comment
Here is a re-cap of the interesting news and activities that were shared this week: An activity by Your Therapy Source, The new autism early screening checklist, handprint trees with pink spring blossoms, how the horse moves the rider in hippotherapy, soap and clean mud sensory tub, is it behavior or sensory, and visual perceptual… [Continue Reading]
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