Hi,
As a parent, it is exciting and interesting to watch your toddler
develop, discover and enhance their skills and get ready to take on the world
ahead...
develop, discover and enhance their skills and get ready to take on the world ahead... Writing
is one of the important early literacy skills that a child needs to get hold of. However, putting pencils into little hands before they are ready may lead to immature and inefficient pencil grasps. Holding pencils
, crayons
and writing require strong, steady shoulder, arm and hand muscles. Therefore it is important to get the child involved in lots of gross and fine motor activities that help the child build strong muscles of the shoulder, arms, hands and fingers that aid in proper pencil grasping and writing.
is one of the important early literacy skills that a child needs to get hold of. However, putting pencils into little hands before they are ready may lead to immature and inefficient pencil grasps. Holding pencils , crayons and writing require strong, steady shoulder, arm and hand muscles. Therefore it is important to get the child involved in lots of gross and fine motor activities that help the child build strong muscles of the shoulder, arms, hands and fingers that aid in proper pencil grasping and writing. There are different stages of pencil grasping a child goes through before reaching a perfect pencil grasp for writing. Following are some of the pencil grasps -
1. Fisted Grasp -
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A child around the age of 1-1.5 years holds a crayon/pencil in a closed fist 
and uses the shoulder movements to scribble and colour on a paper.
and uses the shoulder movements to scribble and colour on a paper.2 . Palmar Grasp -
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A child around the age of 2-3 years develops more control over the shoulder and arm muscles. The child uses fingers to hold the crayon/pencil with the hand facing downwards towards the paper and the crayon/pencil lying across the palm and uses shoulder movements to scribble and colour on the paper.
3 . Static Tripod or Quadrupod Grasp -
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A child around the age of 3.5-4 years of age with well-developed muscles of shoulders, arms and hands holds the crayon/pencil with 3 fingers(tripod grasp) - thumb, index finger, middle finger or 4 fingers(quadruped grasp) - thumb, index finger, middle finger, ring finger and uses only the wrist for the movements to scribble and colour instead of using fingers independently.
4 . Dynamic tripod grasp -
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A child around the age of 4-6 years transforms the static tripod grasp to a dynamic one by using the fingers independently for precise drawing and writing.
Promoting the ‘Tripod Grasp’ -
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Engaging toddlers in gross motor activities and fine motor activities help to develop the upper body, shoulder, arms and wrist muscles. Many activities help to lay the foundation for a good pencil grasp such as crawling, jumping, scribbling, scribbling/writing on vertical boards, playing with play-dough, using scissors, squeezing tweezers, tongs, clips, pegs and small hand exercise balls etc. Grasping tools such as a pencil grip should be used as a last resort when training a toddler for a proper pencil grasp.
However, it requires patience and consistency to make a toddler go through the different stages of pencil grasp and finally get a dynamic tripod grasp!
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