What are some activities to work on prewriting lines with minimal materials?
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There are many engaging activities for prewriting lines, strokes and shapes. One of the most obvious ways to work on prewriting lines is using paper and crayon. This is perfect if you do not have many materials or if you are trying to work on prewriting lines during teletherapy. An adult can make the lines and then, students can imitate the lines. Adults can draw pictures and have students draw their own pictures.
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One of my favorite ways to work on pre-writing lines is to incorporate the practice into a school day. One example is to use pre-writing lines during calendar time. Students can answer the questions by drawing pre-writing lines (ie: day of the week, weather). Check out the resource here.
Another beneficial way is to give students a piece of paper with different stickers or drawings. Have students find different pictures and use a prewriting line to mark a certain picture or shape. If you want a pre-made resource, check the resource out here.
Fun activities to work on prewriting lines by using other materials:
- Chalk. You can have students write with chalk, then use a wet towel or wipe to make the prewriting lines disappear. This is a sneaky way to get double practice of prewriting lines.
- Wikki sticks
- Bingo daubers
- Use glitter glue to trace pre-writing lines. Once the glue dries, this is a great way to allow children to trace to practice lines with tactile feedback.
- Mini pompoms or mini erasers. You can have students use tweezers to pick up the small objects to make pre-writing lines.
- Play dough. Students can use a dowel to make prewriting lines or roll the playdough to form lines / shapes.
- Yarn / string
- Using their finger or arm to sky write.
- Blocks or legos. Students can line up blocks or build with blocks to imitate prewriting lines.
- Pennies or coins. Here’s a resource with visuals for students to match the pennies to the prewriting lines that includes 36 task cards.
- Paint or finger paint.
- Use stickers to have students make pre-writing lines
- Fill a tray with sand, shaving cream or sprinkles. Have students use their finger or a paintbrush to form prewriting lines
- Make BINGO cards to play prewriting lines BINGO. If you are looking for premade cards, here is a resource for you.
- Have students tear tissue paper and roll the tissue paper into balls. Then have them use these tiny balls to make prewriting lines or shapes.
- Use a piece of paper or cardstock to cut out a stencil to make prewriting lines. (Bonus: if you have a Cricut, you can use your Cricut to cut out the stencil). Use the stencil to give feedback to students while they are practicing the pre-writing lines.
- Use q-tips and paint to paint prewriting lines and shapes
- Use popsicle sticks to form prewriting lines
- Use a sensory bag (a ziplock bag with hair gel).
- Whiteboard and markers
If you want already premade prewriting lines task cards that you can use with these materials, check out my resource here. You just need to laminate the cards to use with different materials.
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