There are two ways that you can use these videos:

1. Use the video as a movement demonstration. Watch the video and see how the person in the video moves their hands to open the envelope. Then practice opening an envelope, copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch and copy as often as you need.
2. Imagine yourself doing the action whilst watching it. Imagine that you are the person in the video.
   As you watch the video, try to imagine the feeling of moving your hands to open an envelope. Then, practice opening an envelope and copying the actions in the video. Do it again, watch while imagining the feeling, and copy as often as you need.

Top tips for opening an envelope

As well as watching the videos, follow our top tips for opening an envelope:

• Use the thumb and finger of your stronger hand to tear the envelope open while you hold it steady with your other hand. 
• Try our closing an envelope video for help learning how to close envelopes

Note: These movement demonstration videos have been designed to help children with Developmental Coordination Disorder (DCD; dyspraxia) learn how to open envelopes successfully. The videos show a movement demonstration for envelope opening, performed by a typically developing child model and recorded from a first-person viewpoint. A qualified occupational therapist instructed the child model how to perform the movement demonstration to ensure that an appropriate technique was demonstrated. The videos are free for use by dyspraxic people, parents, occupational therapists, physiotherapists, teachers, or anybody else who would find them useful for supporting the learning of envelope opening in children with dyspraxia/DCD. Opening an envelope Dyspraxia Movement Skills

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