Summer Learning with Learnigo #3: Supporting Fine Motor and Pre-Writing Skills
July 3, 2024
Happy Summer, Learnigo Learners!
Pragmatic language, also known as social communication, helps us navigate our verbal and nonverbal interactions with others. By its nature, communication involves at least two communication partners to engage between the message sender and the message receiver. Oftentimes, we can be both
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Handwriting is fundamental to education, and its mastery is vital for a child’s academic achievement. Fundamentally, writing is a motor activity. It evolves from movement and is refined through practice. This is how we develop graphomotor skills.
Handwriting legibility, participation, and
Read MoreCentral Auditory Processing Disorder (CAPD) is a type of auditory disorder that affects sound processing at the neurological level. Because of this, CAPD impacts the ability to adequately process, integrate, and interpret auditory information. This can present as difficulties with:
Expressive language, an integral aspect of language acquisition, plays a pivotal role in shaping our ability to communicate effectively. In typical language development, understanding (receptive) language comes first, followed by speaking (expressive) language.
Communication helps us connect with others. Struggles with communication
Auditory perception is the ability to perceive, identify, and differentiate acoustic information. This ability begins during pregnancy, with evidence showing that a fetus can respond to pure tone auditory stimuli from 19 weeks of gestational age (Hepper et al.,1994). In typical
Read MoreAn estimated 6-15% of children have a language disorder with no known cause (“Speech and Language Disorders in Children,” 2016). Some children experience receptive language difficulties (affecting language comprehension), expressive language difficulties (affecting spoken and written language), or both.
Language disabilities often
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