by Dr. Garforth | Jun 18, 2019 | Fine Motor Skills
Fine Motor Skills for Tweens & Teens It is a fact of life that children grow up into tweens and teens whether we like it or not. As they get older, it gets harder to get them to work on developing their Fine Motor Skills. Many of the activities that are...
by Lynn Givens | Apr 19, 2019 | Phonemic Awareness, Reading Science, Skill Development
** A guest post by Lynn Givens ** A phoneme is the smallest unit of sound in spoken language. There are about 25 consonant phonemes and about 18 vowel phonemes, or sounds. Seven phonemes such as /ch/ and /sh/ are represented by two letters. Phonemic Awareness is:...
by Dr. Garforth | Apr 6, 2019 | Fine Motor Skills, Skill Development
Easter will be here before we know it! There are a number of Easter activities you can do with your children to help them develop their fine motor skills. The fine motor skills of today’s children are not where they once were, and educators see the effects in their...
by Dr. Garforth | Dec 12, 2018 | Fine Motor Skills
I love the holiday season and something about the darkness and cold weather makes me want to do arts and crafts to celebrate the season. For those of you who celebrate Christmas, the tree is a perfect place to exhibit your children’s decorations. I know some...
by Dr. Garforth | Nov 21, 2018 | Fine Motor Skills, Skill Development
Generally speaking, living in today’s digital world is having detrimental effects on the development and refinement of fine motor skills. Fine motor skills require the use of the small muscles in your body. Techinically this includes the movements made by your hands,...
