Transfer Experiences
- These activities can have a sorting component but largely promote the use of different sorts of tools that support hand and finger strength, left to right movement, focus, and concentration.
- Dishes with some kind of hard or soft object such as pom-poms, beans or beads and tools such as various kinds and sizes of tongs, tweezers, spoons, chopsticks, and eye droppers with colored water, etc.
Pincer Grip
- A simple basket or box with plain or colored clothespins (can be spray-painted) of various sizes.
- Letters on clothespins matched with the letters in children’s names.
- Add children’s names, letters or numbers to the clothespins for a variety of experiences.
- Transferring tiny clothespins (from Dollar Store or Michaels) from a cup to the rim of a lid.
