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[quote=Anonymous]I would do Handwriting Without Tears with proper strokes.  Also get an easel and make sure he is doing plenty with large sweeping up and down arm movements from the shoulder.  Handwriting starts from the shoulder, not the hand.  Until you get a private OT do the HWOT workbooks.  They are really inexpensive and great.  We did a lot of the Kumon Prechool workbooks for cutting, drawing, arts and crafts, folding, etc.  They are awesome and you can order or get at bookstores.  Amazon has them.  Even if they say for age 2, get them and use them.  They are fun and the graphics are wonderful.  Wheelbarrow walks and other core and shoulder strengthening exercises are good.  Do not bother with shcool OT.  Do you really want your child pulled out of class to do what you can do at home?  They will do the minimum.  NOt worth it.  A lot of kids who are accelerated like your son also can be behind in social-emotional areas.  make sure you are teaching emotional awareness of self and others, reading faces and gestures, and perspective-taking as well.  For fine motor to develop you need to continually emphasize gross-motor.  Lots of playground time, gymnastics, stuff like that.  Gross motor is the foundation of fine motor.[/quote]

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