The HandWriting Toolbox

01/11/2022

For those of you seeking handwriting assistance for your child, you can message me. I provide assistance for fine motor issues, that in turn, play a vital role in legible handwriting skills.

Please note: I do not condone the use of a mask during treatment sessions.

08/11/2021

I love this!

Love this so much! 👏🏼

06/03/2021

I often do not post on this page as I no longer see children privately. However, I am availabe to assist you in anyway regarding your child's fine-motor or handwriting needs. Just message me.

12/18/2020

When I was practicing in the schools, I would incorporate my student's handwriting goals into our holiday activities. One great way, was to teach them how to write out a holiday card, address it to their parents, and affix a stamp in the correct place. We always enjoyed doing this and sometimes it would take a few weeks to complete! What was often typical was that the child would write their last name! Haha...Anyway, I sure do hope that the parents appreciated seeing a hand-written Christmas card from their son or daughter!

11/19/2020

When I practiced in the school system, my students thought I was a kid; like them! So, they would share their thoughts, feelings, and had many, many questions, like this one! Note, they all called me by their own interpetation of my name!

"Miss ER Ree, does your mommy swear when she opens up her mail?"

So funny!

09/30/2020

This could work....???????

07/08/2020

At 5:26 this Doctor states that children are virtually under no risk for contracting Covid-19. This is just one of many resources available for parents who are concerned for their children's health. The data is out there that clearly indicates that the population most likely to be affected by the virus are those over the age of 70 and have a weakened immune system. In addition, she makes a valid point, and one that I now have heard from leading Epidemilogists from around the world, that the corona virus, when it mutates, the strain actually weakens. I guess we are all learning more and more as we go on.

COVID-19 the real facts

03/06/2020

I know this of course from my own personal experience and I often observe how the children that I see internalize the feedback that they are given from their parents and peers. I recall one haunting experience in which I witnessed a kindergartner teacher scream in the face of a boy that was on my roster. She was relentless! Clearly it was abusive. The principal did nothing. Later that year his mother confided in me that she couldn't understand why he had started to wet the bed and suck his thumb! Sorry to take this that far but people really don't understand how vulnerable children really are!

You ask them to put their milk cup further back on the table, but they didn't listen. A minute later you hear "Oh no!" and you look over to see that the milk had spilled all over the table and chair. Now YOU have a choice. You can either...

03/04/2020

These books are such a powerful tool for parents -- they are a way to connect, a way to calm down, and a way to teach kids self-control skills.

02/12/2020

Parenting from the HEART!

Puddle Parents help their children learn the soft skills they need to succeed.

01/30/2020

I can't say enough about the importance of encouraging and modeling for your children and being present outdoors! Regardless of the weather conditions, you can embrace each sensory experience, such as walking barefoot on the ground, listening to the calls of a songbird, and trying to catch a fallen leaf as it swirls in the air! In my experience, children are loosing the connection not only between their family members as well as socially, but more important, themselves! They are disconnected from their very BEINGNESS! I have the proof of that: Next time you and your child walk into a room with a television on, note that they will totally, and habitually, focus on the screen. At times, they may not even hear you if you speak. The waves emitting from the television encourages them to actually drop below their level of consciousness. For those of you who may not understand what I am saying, stop watching TV for say a week. See how you FEEL! Then, go back to it, and see how it affects your mood. Notice how the media bombard you with relentless information. No wonder people can't sleep!

“The average American child is said to spend 4 to 7 minutes a day in unstructured play outdoors, not including sports, and more than 7 hours in front of a screen."
Read more here: https://www.yourmodernfamily.com/outdoor-time/