Monday, February 22, 2016

Hand Strength is Important for Writing



There may be hand prints on your windows, hand prints two-feet-high on your kitchen appliances, and maybe even sticky hand prints on your clean dress pants.  Little hands can be busy!  All the pulling, pinching, patting, and pushing has a purpose though.  Just as babies develop, little hands go through a developmental sequence that will one day enable that child to engage in functional, meaningful, and necessary activities.  As children enter school, one of the most important activities for those little hands is writing.  Check out the following post for 16 easy ways to turn play-time into a hand-workout that can facilitate successful pencil use.


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