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Having her use puffy paints in a small squeeze bottle would help build strength in her fingers.

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Jessica would benefit from increasing her fine motor strength and endurance in order to hold her pencil in a functional position that doesn't cause fatigue. Jessica could practice cutting playdoh with various sized scissors to increase her hand and finger strength/endurance. She could progress this by drawing letters in the playdoh with a writing utensil.

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As a 7 yo I am certain she had hair ties with her, usually on the wrist. This would be convenient, unembarrassing, and effective. Other kids might even ask about
it because it looks kind of cool.,

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To increase Jessica's hand strength I would have Jessica do an activity with a hole punch to grade task higher I would use a material that is thicker and to grade lower a thinner material. For hand endurance I could have her do a repetitive whole punch activity (or for a longer time).

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To increase Jessica's fine motor coordination a good intervention would be playing duck races with a squirt bottle. Jessica can play with friends or by herself to get the ducks across the large plastic bin. This activity will work on her 3 jaw chuck grip to increase her pencil grip. You will need a large plastic bin, a few drops of blue food coloring, five small rubber ducks, and a squirt bottle.

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This activity will strengthen Jessica's fine motor while working on her 3 jaw chuck grasp.

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This fine motor activity will help Jessica work on the fine motor coordination that she needs to help with her poor pencil grip. You can also grade this activity to help build her endurance by the difficulty of the pattern and increasing or decreasing the length of the bracelet that she makes. You could also use thicker string or cord to work on hand strength.                          KateBrodie                                     

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This fine motor activity will help Jessica work on the fine motor coordination that she needs to help with her poor pencil grip. You can also grade this activity to help build her endurance by the difficulty of the pattern and increasing or decreasing the length of the bracelet that she makes. You could also use thicker string or cord to work on hand strength.                          KateBrodie                                     

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Jessica is having difficulty with writing which could be caused by numerous factors such as lack of fine motor coordination or weakness. If weakness is the issue it could lead to poor fine motor since the strength is not there to keep fingers in the proper position and, manipulate objects in the appropriate way. I felt this playdoh activity would be good for her because, it would help improve her hand strength which, in turn would improve her FM skills as well. In this activity they use a potato smasher and grasp it and push down on each individual ball of playdoh. By doing this we are building grip strength in the hand which can help to lead to increased FM like stated above.

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Jessica's poor pencil grip could be due to delayed or weakened fine motor. One way to help Jessica improve her fine motor is by having her participate in a clothes pin/ alphabet sorting activity. The continuous use of her pincer grasp to open the clothes pins would strengthen her fine motor and improve her pencil grasp and activity tolerance.

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Having children work on stretching the rubber bands around a can will work on strengthening the hand. It also works on fine motor skills. If the child does this for some time they can work on endurance but color coordinating the bands.

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http://www.ot-mom-learning-activities.com/hand-exercises-for-kids.html
To strengthen her hands and increase her endurance for holding pencils it would be very beneficial to do sponge squeezing.  Doing a lot of reps with this simple sponge squeezing exercise will help prepare her hands for a lot of writing in her class.

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To strengthen Jessica's fine motor coordination a good implementation would be play dough or clay activities. Through molding, manipulating, squeezing, or pinching the clay with her fingers, it's a great way to strengthen the finger muscles needed for a good pencil grasp. Adding fine motor tweezers or tongs is another great way to help with manipulation.

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I would have Jessica make bead suncatchers.  She would be using fine motor to pick out the appropriate colored beads depending on the design.  She could start with a small size and work her way up to a bigger one such as pictured below for working on endurance.  Her end product is something she can keep as well, so that makes it more motivating to keep working on it.

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Jessica may like using the "Writing Rascal" to motivate her to really use the grip and work on her handwriting. It has a flexible tail to provide separation of the two sides of the hand, allowing for a custom fit.

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Using a geoboard,  Jessica could  make different designs using rubber bands that she chooses to make a masterpiece. This will strengthen both of her hands so that she can have enough strength to hold a pencil. Could also make it fun because she can use her own creativity to design something and then she can take the rubber bands off after to add more to it.

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Since Jessica has poor pencil grip, so working on fine motor skills will be important for her. To do this I would have her make a Rainbow Fruit Kabob. Using pincer grasps and a three jaw chick grasp she will pickup the assorted fruits and place them on the skewer according to color. She will end up with a yummy snack and better fine motor skills to improve her pencil grip!

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By doing this activity Jessica will strengthen her pencil by squeezing

the end of the turkey baster. The activity will use the 3 jaw chuck grip to squeeze and blow the feather across the table.

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Tennis Monster Counting: This activity would be a good warm up to handwriting because it incorporates both the dominant and helper hands.  The dominant hand is challenged to squeeze the tennis ball monster open while the helping hand feeds it (roll the dice first to find out how hungry the monster is).  This would work on building her hand strength and improve finger-to-thumb opposition.

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Since she is having problems with her pencil grasp, she could do this celery painting activity to practice her pencil grasp. Since the celery is larger than a pencil it would be easier to hold onto while still forming the correct 3 jaw chuck grasp. Also since the activity is a fun craft activity she would enjoy it without feeling like she was just practicing writing.

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Jessica has poor pencil grip and this activity will work on her fine pincer grip that is needed to properly hold a pencil. She will need to pick up each bead using a fine pincer grip and place them onto the pipe cleaner. This will also help her with fatigue because she can make the rainbow as large or small as she wants to work on her endurance and muscle strength in her fingers.

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this is a fun activity that will help build finger endurance by completing several reps. Also, you can have her hold the tweezers the same way you grip a pencil to reinforce correct form.

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