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It must be Christmas time! Did you get your copy of the Christmas Activity Advent and Push Pin Christmas Tree? Today's printables are for school age kids who are learning to write descriptions and stories. You will find two pages with Christmas story prompt ideas. Use the story creation grid to encourage your child to choose a character, what happens in the story, when it might happen and where. Encourage your child to write multiple sentences (some will just try to link one thing from each column to write a very looooooong sentence). The second page includes prompts for your child to use their "senses" (sight, hearing, touch, smell, feelings, taste) to describe Christmas. You could turn this into a poem or add this information into the story. Even if your child is too young to use these pages as writing prompts, I would encourage you to use these to talk to your child about Christmas or create a story together. Perhaps you (the adult) could write the words and your child could draw the pictures. Here are a couple of examples of stories that my OT kids have written! 
I would love to see any stories your children create using these story writing prompts! Tag me @yourkidsot on IG or FB!
Use this form below to get your FREE CHRISTMAS STORY WRITING PROMPTS printable page. Why do I have to keep filling in these forms if I have been a subscriber for a while? ... Its the easiest way for me to get the printable to you whilst enabling me to keep track of how many of you are interested (or not) in particular printables! Thanks for your understanding! If you can't see this form in your email ----> CLICK HERE to go to the YKOT BLOG PAGE and you should be able to see the form online. Some email providers block these sorts of forms and graphics.
Are you new to Your Kids OT, don't forget to have a look at these Christmas ideas from the YKOT archives!
Christmas Activity Fun Sheets Christmas Printable Pack Reindeer Gingerbread Stain-Glass Window Cookies Potato Stamped Gift Wrap Magnetic Christmas Tree Christmas Tree Craft Have you enjoyed the FREE PRINTABLES that I have shared this year? Which has been your favourite? 
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Tis the season of giving!
I'm giving away my second FREE printable for Christmas 2019. If you have been following me for a while, you will know that I love to use push pins (ie. drawing pins) to work on fine motor and bilateral coordination skills. in 2017, I shared the benefits of push pin art (PUSH PIN POKE DRAWING) and earlier this year I introduced an entire alphabet set where you could use push pins to write letters (ALPHABET DOT PICTURES). So in the spirit of giving, I have made a Push Pin Christmas Tree to share with you. Simply print off the page (there are two trees on the page) onto green paper. Place the paper over a cork mat. Use a push pin to poke a small hole into each of the black dots (I tell my OT kids that they don't have push very hard - just small quick holes) .... and you are done. I turn the page around to hold the picture up to a window (black dots facing the window). Its is fun to see the light shining through the holes. Encourage your kids to form a pincer grasp or tripod grasp around the push pin. It's best to use a pin that has a large head so there is something to grab onto. You will find kids who use a lateral grasp on their pencil or who have hyper-mobile joints may struggle with this activity. Encourage kids who hold out their 3rd, 4th and 5th fingers straight; to tuck these fingers into the palm of their hand. Sometimes asking these children to hold a small item like an eraser will help them with the "tuck" (see also separation of the two sides of the hand). Encourage kids who float their wrist and/or forearm from the table to rest it down during this activity. 
You could take this a step further and decorate the tree with your favourite markers. You could even add more holes to create patterns for tinsel or baubles.
To receive this FREE PUSH PIN CHRISTMAS TREE printable, simply fill out the form below. Why do I have to keep filling in these forms if I have been a subscriber for a while? ... Its the easiest way for me to get the printable to you whilst enabling me to keep track of how many of you are interested (or not) in particular printables! Thanks for your understanding!
Are you new to Your Kids OT, don't forget to have a look at these Christmas ideas from the YKOT archives!
Christmas Activity Advent Tree Christmas Activity Fun Sheets Christmas Printable Pack Reindeer Gingerbread Stain-Glass Window Cookies Potato Stamped Gift Wrap Magnetic Christmas Tree Christmas Tree Craft Pssss... Guess what? I have one more FREE CHRISTMAS printable coming! This one is for older kids who are working on writing skills. I can't wait to share this one with you too! Ho ho ho! 
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