Top 5 Tips to Help Your Child Use Their Hands
Tip 1
Play dough/fiddle box. Click on the link below.
Tip 2
Help with chores. Use lots of grips for clothes pegs, washing up, lifting cans etc. to put away, wringing out sponges for cleaning the car.
Tip 3
Arts and Crafts. Go mad in pound shops, let children pick craft items to help them be creative.
Tip 4
Remember to take a break. Like any muscle hands get tired too and then accuracy drops. It's better to get 3 to 5 minute periods of good writing versus 10 minutes of poor quality writing and 5 minutes of arguing.
Tip 5
Pencils & Scissors. Remember lots of effort goes into these tasks and this is not always reflected in the finished product. Reward effort as well as result.