by Johanna de Kort | Apr 27, 2017 | Allied Health, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
A fascinating fact about your hands…about a quarter of the part of our brain which controls all movement in our body is devoted to the muscles of the hands. This means when you exercise your hands in different ways it helps develop your brain which in turn helps...
by Johanna de Kort | Apr 20, 2017 | Allied Health, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
Did you know there are 2 main sets of muscles in the hand? Flexor muscles bend the fingers and extensors straighten them out again! Hands do amazing things because of the way our fingers and thumbs work together. Our thumb can work with each of our...
by Johanna de Kort | Apr 3, 2017 | Allied Health, Fine Motor Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
Many 3 year olds tend to use all their fingers to hold chalk, crayon or pencil in the palm of their hand while their arm and elbow is held closer to their body and more directed toward the table. Their arm and hand movements are more controlled as they start to...
by Johanna de Kort | Apr 1, 2017 | Allied Health, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
Many 2 to 3 year olds use what is technically referred to as a “Digital-Pronate Grasp”, to hold a marker, which is held with all their fingers and thumb pointing downward. They tend to use all their fingers to hold chalk, crayon or pencil in the palm of their hand....
by Johanna de Kort | Mar 28, 2017 | Allied Health, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
A palmar supinate grasp that is often referred to as a “fisted grasp” usually develops around 1 to 1½ years. The child typically holds the texta, crayon or pencil in a fist with their thumb on top of their fingers, and their arms and hand move as a whole. At first...
by Gael Sutherland | Mar 27, 2017 | Allied Health, Fine Motor Skills, Hand Skills, Handwriting, Occupational Therapy
Being able to write is a valuable life skill. Not only is it necessary for participation and learning in many activities at school, it is also a great way to be creative and express yourself. Picking up a pencil to write a story, participate is a lesson at school or...
