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Getman, G. N. – Academic Therapy, 1983
The author criticizes the lack of opportunity given to children to learn the motor patterns involved in handwriting and describes a sequence of chalkboard activities to promote the perceptual motor skills required. Illustrations of the sequence are provided. (CL)
Descriptors: Disabilities, Elementary Education, Handwriting, Motor Development
Kovitz, Valerie S. – Academic Therapy, 1980
The article suggests activities to help learning disabled children develop awareness of the differences between right and left. Techniques for combining movement, language, and sensory skills as well as for using musical, visual, and tactile stimuli are described. (CL)
Descriptors: Learning Activities, Learning Disabilities, Motor Development, Perceptual Motor Coordination
