Motor and Sensory Preparation for Handwriting Activiites

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I think it is really important to prepare the arms and hands for fine motor tasks by giving motor and sensory imput.  For instance, I often have the students do some gross motor tasks prior to handwriting such as: pushing or pulling a large therapy ball, performing wall push-ups, pushing an activity cart from one center to another or bear crawling back to the classroom.  

By performing these gross motor and sensory movements, it not only gets some of the "ants" out, but it gets their arms and hands prepared for the finer, more precise movements required for handwriting.