Visual Motor Integration (Prewriting)
Prewriting Shapes
Prewriting Shapes are the foundation to forming letters. These shapes should be introduced developentally.
Circle: Say- start at the top, make a circle and stop
Plus/cross: sing- Make a plus go down and across, down and across, down and across, make a plus go down and across, you give it a try!
right oblique (/): say- slide down
square: say- down, down, across, across
left oblique (\): say- slide down
X: say-slide down, slide down
Triangle: say- slide down, slide down and across at the bottom
Practice using a multisensory approach:
- Shaving cream/pudding in a cookie sheet
- Rice and/or beans in a cookie sheet or paper plate
- Chalk board or dry erase board
Prompting May Require:
- Hand over Hand
- Tracing over a shape you have demonstrated for them
- Providing only a demonstration and then having them try
- Providing them dots so they know where to begin/stop
- Showing them a picture of it and providing the verbal directions stated above
- Showing them a picture only
- Verbally telling them the shape