Grasp patterns are classified as static or dynamic. Children who have a static grasp, move the pencil with their wrist or arm. To have a dynamic grasp pattern, the fingers and the thumb activity work together to get dynamic movement. The optimal grasp pattern is a...
FREE Tongs Activities and How to Hold Tongs Video! Make your own Pencil Pox Activities with Tongs! Use the centimeter cubes from www.eaieducation.com. Bamboo tongs from Pampered Chef are my favorite! Holding tongs correctly is important....
This is Jerry, an OT student that was on fieldwork at The Handwriting Clinic. Jerry humored us by being a Handwriting Clinic student for a session to show off fine motor activities and multi-sensory handwriting! Cameo appearance from Sam the therapy dog. The fine...
STOP LETTER REVERSALS! Letter reversals are very common in Kindergarten through early elementary school. Our approach to decreasing letter reversals is to learn cognitive cues through worksheet practice and initial teaching. Then we take the cues and work on...
Training Video - HOW TO HOLD TONGS CORRECTLY Tongs are awesome, IF held correctly! Tongs work on strengthening of hand muscles and separation of the two sides of the hand. This video will show how to hold tongs correctly and WHY they are so important! ...
Occupational Therapist
I am Jan McCleskey creator of the Fine Motor Store and owner of The Handwriting Clinic