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    Throughout the school year, the way a child holds a pencil will mature from using their whole fist to a tripod grasp using their pincher fingers and middle finger. The way a child holds a pencil affects how they write, color, and use eating utensils. Parents can help develop their child's grasp and hand strength by having them use broken crayons, color on vertical surfaces, and play with toys that work the small hand muscles like beads and puzzles.

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    Throughout the school year, the way a child holds a pencil will mature from using their whole fist to a tripod grasp using their pincher fingers and middle finger. The way a child holds a pencil affects how they write, color, and use eating utensils. Parents can help develop their child's grasp and hand strength by having them use broken crayons, color on vertical surfaces, and play with toys that work the small hand muscles like beads and puzzles.

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    Throughout the school year, the way a child holds a pencil will mature from using their whole fist to a tripod grasp using their pincher fingers and middle finger. The way a child holds a pencil affects how they write, color, and use eating utensils. Parents can help develop their child's grasp and hand strength by having them use broken crayons, color on vertical surfaces, and play with toys that work the small hand muscles like beads and puzzles.

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    Throughout the school year, the way a child holds a pencil will mature from using their whole fist to a tripod grasp using their pincher fingers and middle finger. The way a child holds a pencil affects how they write, color, and use eating utensils. Parents can help develop their child's grasp and hand strength by having them use broken crayons, color on vertical surfaces, and play with toys that work the small hand muscles like beads and puzzles.

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    PENCIL GRASP PARENT HANDOUT

    Throughout this school year the way your child holds his/her
    crayons/pencils will be maturing. Your child may have held their crayon with
    their fist or all of their fingers. This is normal in your child's early years.
    Soon your child will be able to hold their pencil with a tripod grasp. This
    means they will hold it in their pincher fingers and rest it on their middle
    finger. The way your child holds their pencil will affect the way they color,
    write and even eat as we hold our eating utensils the way we hold our
    pens/pencils. Here are some things you can do at home to help your child
    develop their pencil grasp and hand strength:

    1. Use broken pieces of crayons/chalk-this will promote a proper grasp


    and will strengthen the small muscles of the hand needed for fine
    motor skills such as writing.

    2. Have your child color or practice writing on vertical surfaces such as


    easels, chalkboards, or paper taped to the wall-this builds the
    muscles that help the hand for writing.

    3.Encourage your child to play with a variety of toys that will work the
    small muscles of their hands. This can include stringing beads, lacing cards, pegs,
    interlocking blocks,puzzles, etc.

    All About M.E. (Motor Enrichment) 5/08 CK

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