Kinesthetic Shape Tracers

ABOUT OUR ABL ACADEMIC CARD SETS

These card sets are the perfect addition to your classroom or lab! Academic Cards are highly recommended to enhance your existing ABL stations! Great for layering academics with your ABL ladder, carts, mats, & wall mounts. 

Card sets are printed in full color on Xerox Commercial Grade Paper -  Each Pack includes a full classroom set of cards.

Fine Motor Skills Classroom Power Pack

The Power Pack serves as a tool to enhance fine motor skills by improving the muscles in the hands and fingers, improving grip strength and developing fluid wrist movement to assist with grasping and manipulation of objects. 

Benefits of the Fine Motor Skills Classroom Power Pack Kit:

• A fine motor skills development strategy that is easy and fun to implement!
• The Power Pack offers 9 unique tools with various movements that increase fine motor skills through repetitive movements that strengthen the muscles of the wrist, hand, fingers and thumb.
• Enhances Handwriting skills and related fine motor tasks for success in academics, play, and self care. 
• grip strength, grasp, manipulation of objects

The Fine Motor Power Pack Kit includes 9 tools:

• Loco Lacer Repetition and mastery of tying shoe laces. 
• Tripod Treasure Rocks Manual Dexterity through grip and pinch
• Pincer Pinchers Aid in simulating pincer grip (thumb to index finger)
• Super Scoopers Wrist & finger flexion/extension to promote           movement fluidity
• Fruits and Veggies Fine motor pincer grasp, language development (color names)
• Quick Cups Grasp, in hand manipulation, crossing midline
• Buddy Badminton Grip, wrist flexion/extension, crossing midline 
• Sensory Scarves Grasp development, eye-tracking, sensorimotor    system 
• Millionaire Math Roller Finger counting, grasp, wrist flexion and extension

*If any of the above kit items are unavailable, a similar item may be substituted within the kit.*

About Our ABC Pathways Mat Figure 8

Movement Activities on the mat are endless, allow the student to learn the letters of the alphabet kinesthetically. Walking the ABC Pathways mat, the student is able to kinesthetically trace each letter of the alphabet, while strengthening gross motor skills, eye tracking, and cross lateralization - 3 foundations critical to learning.

Our ABC Pathways Mat Figure 8 is designed for:

The ABC Pathways mat is designed to prepare our students brains to be ready for learning in the classroom. The patented design works to relax, and refocus the brain, giving the child a chance to strengthen their self regulation skills, and reset to a peaceful state. As research shows, a child acting out, is a child calling out for help to cope with their current emotional state. Walking the ABC Pathways figure 8 pattern, creates a meditative rhythm that works to calm the brain waves and soothe the child.  The movement is designed to help the child reset and refocus. ABC Pathways mat is used in Action Based Learning Labs, Classrooms, Hallways, and Libraries to give the student an opportunity to practice self regulation on the patented ABC Pathways Figure 8 symbol.

#1 HIGHEST RATED Action Based Learning Tool! Includes:

• Activity Guide & Instructional Manual
• XL Double Sided Teacher Key Card (11 x 17 Laminate Card)
• 24 Student Cue Cards (8.5x11 Never Tear Cards)

Integrating Movement with Academics in the ABL Lab

To start, students will work only on balance by moving the marble through the figure 8 and waves on the board. As basic movements are mastered, progressions can be added to introduce academic content. Student's can work on teacher provided content with a partner, using flash cards, or from the smart board. 

815 Numeracy Noggin Academic Wall Mount 

Engage student in whole brain learning by teaching math concepts using Action Based Learning strategies. This station is designed to reinforce and anchor learning using purposeful movement math activities.

The Numeracy Noggin is an easy to implement tool that allows for hundreds of action based learning activities inside the classroom or lab. Students can swat, clap, trace, tap, or toss a beanbag while problem solving. Add progressions using partners, or add a balance component below the station to allow varying degrees of challenge. Activities are designed to accommodates learners at all levels. Activity guide includes unlimited ideas for skip counting activities, while teaching children to identify numbers and patterns, and strengthen problem solving skills.

• Model Number: 815
• Includes Activity Guide w/ practical application to the classroom or lab
• Allows for 25+ progressions allowing varying degrees of challenge to accommodate all learners
• Dimensions: 8 FT L x 4 FT W
• Jumbo 8ft commercial grade wall mount designed for high frequency use
• Odd, Even, Factors, Greater than, Less than, Multiples, Factors
• PRIMARY FOUNDATION: Problem Solving 

Action Based Learning Handheld Eye Tracker - Large

The ABL Eye Tracker is a commercial grade teaching tool for students to help them with letter learning and spelling practice, sequencing and visual tracking skills in a fun, hands-on way! The ABC PATHWAYS  ™  pattern is designed to allow the student to use the marble to trace each letter of the alphabet, while simultaneously improving visual tracing skills.

Benefits

Dimensions: 23x16

Action Based Learning Letter Learning Wall Station

Choices are endless with the letter learning wall station! Students can use the kinesthetic letter board to review spelling words, work with a partner to spell words (each partner spells the word one letter at a time taking turns), spell answers to questions, spell vocabulary words when given a definition, etc

These concepts aid the brain in encoding the stroke of each symbol of letters and numbers, letter recognition, letter formation, following words from left to right, focusing on reading for longer periods of time.

Dimensions: 48x96