Which activities are recommended to help students develop visual motor skills before they learn to form letters?

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How do you develop visual motor skills?

Activities to Improve Visual Motor Skills.
Completing mazes..
Tracing letters, numbers and shapes..
Pouring liquid from container to container..
Playing with Jenga, Lite Brite or Legos..
Completing puzzles..
Doing connect-the-dots exercises..
Stacking blocks..

What are visual motor activities?

Visual motor skill development begins at birth and continues to be refined throughout life by practice and exposure to developmentally appropriate activities. Building with blocks, scribbling, tracing, writing, drawing, cutting and catching a ball are all examples of visual motor activities that a child engages in.

How do you help students with visual motor difficulties?

1) For younger students, integrate non-writing ways to enhance visual-motor skills, such as cutting with scissors, making shapes or objects with play-do, practicing buttoning, zipping, and tying, pouring, etc.

How are visual motor skills important for handwriting?

Visual motor skills are essential for handwriting, for example when copying from the board, writing letters, and writing on the line. If your child struggles with visual motor skills they may have messy handwriting, letters of different sizes that are all over the page, and/or difficulty with grasping the writing tool.