Squiggles and Wiggles PreK
Use little learners’ love of movement to introduce body control and directionality related to letter and number formation.
Designed to make students...
Happy
Watch as your students
delight in the learning process.
Prepared
Have your students end
the year ready for Kindergarten!
Confident
Early success builds
confidence for future learning.
Little Bodies Big Moves
Improving a child’s large muscle control—body awareness, balance, and strength—is the first step in getting them ready for handwriting.
Squiggles & Wiggles uses Posters as a fun way of helping students practice large movements while learning each member of the Squiggle Squad’s favorite stroke. Little learners “trace” the paths embedded in the picture in the air using their hands, fingers, or even their nose! These paths teach movements that mirror handwriting strokes.
Fine Motor Control for Pencil
Grip and Coordination
Fine Motor Control for Pencil Grip and Coordination
Using one or multiple fingers, little learners follow paths on table mats and reproducible printed sheets. This practice enforces stroke directionality and develops the fine muscle control needed for handwriting.
After getting comfortable using their fingers, students continue stroke practice using a crayon. This helps them gain the ability to manipulate a writing implement and regular stroke practice enforces muscle memory resulting in an easier transition to letter formation and less frustration for new writers.
The sheets are meant to be easy enough to ensure success yet challenging enough to hold kids’ interest.
Learning to Form Letters
Once students demonstrate a reasonable degree of control using a writing implement, they are ready to begin forming letters. They start by tracing letters using their finger. This kinesthetic connection to the alphabet is an important part of understanding the meaning of letters and print on the page.
The reproducible letter sheets present letters with the start spot and arrow students have become familiar with in previous exercises. They are also designed to give students some wiggle room as they write within the letter paths.
Classroom Story
Through body, finger, and pencil variations of strokes and letters, each student is able to progress at their own level, removing much of the frustration that can come with learning to write letters and numbers.
Through body, finger, and pencil variations of strokes and letters, each student is able to progress at their own level, removing much of the frustration that can come with learning to write letters and numbers.
