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Digital Pronator Grip aka look (Swipe left 👈🏻 for video) at how she is holding the brush with keeping her Pointer finger on the top of the wooden brush and holding brush with three other fingers and thumb. Vertical Art serves this purpose. Crossing the midline - going from right to left and left to right is necessary to develop overall cognitive skills. But here we are discussing about Grasp development. Here are the milestones for Pencil-grasp. . . 12-18months: Palmar Supinator (holds pencil with fist 🤛 grip. ) . 2-3 years: Digital Pronator (shown in this post. Pointer finger ☝️ and fist with rest fingers.) . 3-3 and half years: Static Tripod (holds Pencil ✏️ with Pointer finger, Big finger and thumb but moves the whole hand and forearm@as one unit while writing. ) . . 4 and half to 6: Dynamic Tripod (A perfect three point pencil grip. ✍️ Independent wrist movements possible with wrist extensions and stabilized forearm.) . . Initial pencil grip development is important to enhance kid’s Chief occupation that they are going to acquire during their life’s initial years- that is Writing ✍️. Use less of tapping on Tablets and more of actual activities to develop this skill. Most imp. . . Activity details: I used use-and-dry Chinese wall mountable caligragraphy paper. (DM me to get the link for @Amazon so you can purchase directly) . Sticked on the wall, gave a cup of water and Brush. And you can see the Results!! . . . . #otpark #otparkbox #occupationaltherapy #otmom #occupationaltherapist #occupationaltherapyassistant #otd #ota #momlife #playathomemom #playathomemummy #playathomemommy #toddlermom #toddlerlife #toddleractivities #parentslife #playwhilelearning #learnwhileexploring #handwritinggoals #handwritingday #handwritingmatters #writingdevelopment #pencilgrip #milestones https://www.instagram.com/p/Bz8mVqVArj0/?igshid=1cf3o54n8z3oz