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KiDazzles Handwriting Center KiDazzles is the right place to be when your child struggles with their handwriting. KiDazzles Handwriting Center offers group and individual classes led by licensed occupational therapists. An Occupational Therapist is trained to identify the areas where a child may be struggling with handwriting. We focus on many aspects of writing, not just how to form letters, but foundational skills such as strength and dexterity, visual perceptual skills, core stability and more. KiDazzles Handwriting Center can help with a preschooler just learning to form letters or a middle school student attempting to fine tune their skills in preparation for the state exams. Our facility provides a fun and exciting environment that motivates students so that they can succeed. Our classes use “multisensory techniques” which may have your child writing in shaving cream, finding letters in a rice bin, using playdoh, or discovering letters in bouncy scavenger hunt. Our therapists have experience using a variety of techniques and methods to teach handwriting skills. This allows for the therapist to tailor to your child’s individual needs. If you are unsure about which class may be best for your child, please call to make an appointment for a free screening. You are welcome to tour the facility, meet our staff and allow us to make accurate recommendations. Class Details: Class Size Maximum: 4 Classes Based On Demand
Preschool Classes Finger and Hand Strengthening Instruction is given to teach students how to hold a pencil or writing tool correctly, and then we increase the strength of the small muscles in their hands to use the correct grasp when writing. We play games, complete projects, and work with a variety of materials to increase the strength and dexterity of their hands. We also will practice cutting, and fine tune other hand skills. Pre-writing and Printing Using a variety of techniques and strategies, the student will progress from writing vertical and horizontal lines to writing capital letters. This class will use a multi-sensory approach to teach letters of the alphabet as well as increasing their interest and motivation to write letters. Picture and Drawing Creation Students will learn how lines can be connected to form pictures. This is a very fun and imaginative class that motivates the students to use their writing tools in a fun way. Also, copying skills, visual perceptual skills, and direction following will be focused on to increase the students’ ability to form pictures and also letters. Printing Classes Finger and Hand Strengthening Instruction is given to teach students how to hold a pencil or writing tool correctly. Then we increase the strength of the small muscles in their hands to use the correct grasp when writing. Skills Enforced: *Building strength, *improving movement, and *practicing good technique when writing. Printing Words This more advanced version of the Preschool class will introduce lower case letters, spacing between words, and proper alignment on the lines. The student must be able to form most of the capital letters of the alphabet to enter into this class. A multisensory approach will provide the students with a fun and motivating way to learn correct letter formation. Numbers and Reversals This class is perfect for those students having difficulty forming numbers and writing lowercase and capital letters without reversing them. The instruction of this class will be tailored to the individual needs of the students so that all will benefit. Various techniques and strategies will be used to correct your student’s use of reversals as well as learn how to correctly form numbers. Fine Tuning This is a great class for those students who know all of their lowercase and uppercase letters and may need some help to make their writing more legible. We will focus on perfecting letter formation, proper spacing, sizing, and alignment of the letters on the lines. At the end of the session, the students will also be able to recognize what makes their handwriting difficult to read and how to correct it. Students must be able to form most of the letters of the alphabet, both lower case and upper case.
Cursive Classes Introduction Students in this class will learn how to form letters of the alphabet using cursive writing. Students will learn both lowercase and uppercase letter formation in an easy to learn format. Many different fun techniques will be used to help the students learn and remember proper letter formation. Students in this class must be able to print lowercase and uppercase letters with ease. Advanced After students learn most of the letters of the alphabet in cursive they can move on to making their writing more legible. This class will focus on smoothing their cursive writing out by learning proper letter connections. Also, this class will review capital letter formation and other letters the students are having difficulty with. The overall goal is to increase the fluidity and legibility of their cursive writing.
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