A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.
A vibrant “Getting Ready to Write Program Toolbox” by Therapy At Home features an orange writing board, activity booklets, modeling clay, a blue pad, and small toy figures—all neatly organized and partly spilling from the box.

Getting Ready to Write Program

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Before a child can write, their body needs to be ready. Most handwriting struggles start long before the pencil hits the paper.

This toolbox pairs with the Getting Ready to Write Program in the Hub and works through four sequential stages: core strength, upper body strength, hand strength, then fine motor and early letter formation. The scooter board, modelling clay, Sky Grass Dirt writing pad, letter formation guide and magnetic improvement tracker have all been chosen by our therapy team to build the physical foundation that handwriting actually depends on, through play-based activities that keep children aged 4-9 engaged rather than resistant.

The program is intensive by design: 20 minutes a day works best during school holidays or in dedicated one-on-one sessions rather than layered on top of a school week. If you can carve out that time, the results are meaningful.

Suitable for ages 4-9. Note: this is an updated version of the Handwriting Foundations Program and is not recommended for families who have completed that program.

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ABOUT THE PROGRAM

Skills it can help build

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Core strength to stablise your child in an upright position for handwriting
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Upper body strength to maintain arm and hand control when writing
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Hand strength to support fine motor development and the use of the pincer grasp
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Letter formation skills to facilitate engagement with formal handwriting practise
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What's in your toolbox

Scooter board

Scooter board

To build the core strength that's foundational for handwriting
Ultra Light Modeling Clay

Ultra Light Modeling Clay

For building fine motor skills and hand-eye coordination
Sky, Grass, Dirt Writing Pad

Sky, Grass, Dirt Writing Pad

For proper letter sizing, placement, and formation
Letter Formation Guide

Letter Formation Guide

To support foundational letter formation principles
Magnetic Improvement tracker

Magnetic Improvement tracker

For recording, tracking and celebrating improvement over time
Facilitator guide

Facilitator guide

To assist in guiding and supporting the delivery of the therapy at home
Video training

Video training

To support children and caregivers in the delivery of the therapy at home
WHO THE PROGRAM IS FOR

Does this sound familiar?

"My child does not enjoy handwriting and finds it very difficult, their pencil grip seems to make it harder too."

"I don’t know if my child has the foundational skills to start school, and they're not showing any interest in writing."

"My child does not like engaging in focused tasks that require them to sit or repeatedly practice a skill over time."

If these challenges sound familiar, you are not alone, – it’s exactly why we’ve designed this program.

The program can help lay the foundational motor skills required to support a good pencil grip in preparation for handwriting development.
Does this sound familiar?
ABOUT THE VIDEO TRAINING

What the program covers

The Getting Ready To Write Program focuses on four levels of skill development: core strength, upper body strength, hand strength, then fine motor and handwriting skills.

By progressing through these stages, your child will build the foundational motor skills needed to support a proper pencil grip and confidently engage in handwriting tasks.

The program features play-based activities to keep children engaged as they develop critical skills. Along with instructional videos and a comprehensive facilitator guide, a streamlined toolbox of resources is provided to inspire your child as they lay the groundwork for handwriting.

Designed to be intensive, the program requires a daily commitment of 20 minutes to achieve meaningful results. It’s best suited for school holidays or one-on-one sessions with a support person at school, rather than being added on top of a busy school schedule.

This physical program focuses first on developing strength and endurance, ensuring your child has the physical foundation necessary for successful handwriting development.
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