Develop pencil holding skills in your child

In educating a child writing is one of the main step as reading or understanding. Writing develops by the time in kids. It starts with the grasping ability when they are infants. Here i will discuss some methods or small exercises that will help your child to hold the pencil better. The holding of the pencil or crayon matters alot and it becomes habit of a child in some time.

From age of 1_1.5 years toddler hold the pencil or any thing with fisted hands. This is because they hold any thing in the fist. From age 2 to 3 the holding power comes in the finger they will commonly pick any thing using their fingers. May be all the fingers are involved in sone cases. When they reach age of 3 and half it is the time they need one to one training of writing infact this is the time for their school.

Now to improve their pencil holding there are some plays and activities that can be introduced to them. These activities will improve their hilding or grasping in general.

1. Playing with blocks
Encourage your children to play with block from the very early age of 2 years. It will enhance the tripod grip indirectly they will learn to hold the things or pick the things with fingers not palm. Fine motor skills will also improve.

2. Lacing cards
It a source of great motor cordination. This activity will take only 5 minutes but it has amazing results. It is not just a physical activity but a mental activity too. It will improve child's grasp as well as focus.

3. Art and drawing
Children love to play with colors. They will like to paint or colour any thing even your house  walls as well 😀😀. You can turn this activity fruitful give them paper and bunch of crayons ask them to color or make drawings they will love it and you will notice the holding of their pencils will improve day by day.

4. Squirt bottles
Ask your child to water the plants with squirt bottle. It will improve their muscles of hands.

5. Puzzles
Puzzle fixing will also develop their muscles in hands.