This one is needed for children to be able to cross the page of paper once writing. Kids who struggle might prefer to write all one one side of the paper or move the paper to their dominant side to compensate. Crossing the midline is something that once you look for it, a lot of kids do it naturally, but if your child doesn't here are a few tips and things to work on. Try setting up a colour matching activity for them on the floor with all the coloured objects on one side and the destination on the other and challenge them to do it one handed by sitting on their opposite hand. They will be forced to reach across their body!  Swap hands and do it again and keep it light and fun. Floor puzzles are good for this as the kids tend to use their whole body to reach across for pieces that are scattered on the floor. A couple of extra easy things include sticking stickers on one arm of your child and asking them to remove them with the other hand, getting them to have a go tracing each of their hands on paper and in the bath give them a cup and ask them to pour water over their opposite hands/arm.This one is needed for children to be able to cross the page of paper once writing. Kids who struggle might prefer to write all one one side of the paper or move the paper to their dominant side to compensate. Crossing the midline is something that once you look for it, a lot of kids do it naturally, but if your child doesn't here are a few tips and things to work on. Try setting up a colour matching activity for them on the floor with all the coloured objects on one side and the destination on the other and challenge them to do it one handed by sitting on their opposite hand. They will be forced to reach across their body!  Swap hands and do it again and keep it light and fun. Floor puzzles are good for this as the kids tend to use their whole body to reach across for pieces that are scattered on the floor. A couple of extra easy things include sticking stickers on one arm of your child and asking them to remove them with the other hand, getting them to have a go tracing each of their hands on paper and in the bath give them a cup and ask them to pour water over their opposite hands/arm.

This one is super important for school and life and is an easy one to work on. It's the ability to get our hands to do something based on visual input we see, so threading and lacing are a big one here, where kids have to line up threads with a shapes hole. This skill is what allows us to have accuracy when we write. In addition to lacing and threading, things like getting them to paint a shape you have traced on a paper, pushing or posting objects into a box with a hole and using a shape sorter are great ones. Another favourite is jigsaw puzzles, so getting the pieces into the right spot!Sounds fancy but its just really kids using both hands for a common goal. So one hand holding the paper while they draw, or one hand holding a thread while they put shapes on it. Dress and eating are ways this is done naturally at home! Other things you can focus on if its something you see your child not doing are taking on and off dolls clothes, using scissors to cut paper or dough, using Duplo or Lego to build tall towers or structures where they have to use one hand to steady it whilst they put on extra blocks, and also gluing and sticking things.