HANDWRITING Grades PreK–6 Multisensory Manipulatives
Fine Motor Skills Development Kit Grades K–2
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Promote fine motor skills essential for handwriting with the Zaner-Bloser Fine Motor Skills Development Kit. The kit** includes a Teacher Guide by Mary Benbow, occupational therapist, and the following manipulatives:
Activities to refine wrist/thumb development
String the Straw Materials: yard of plastic string
✔ clear plastic drinking straw
Procedure: Have the student hold the drinking straw in his recessive, or non-pre- ferred, hand and use the thumb and forefinger of his preferred hand to feed the plastic string into one end of the drinking straw until the string is completely pushed into the straw.
String the Snake Materials: lacing shape snake with dice
Procedure: Place the beads near the student’s non-preferred hand. Have the student hold a bead in his non-preferred or recessive hand and hold the end of the shoestring with the preferred hand. Ask the student to “poke” the end of the shoestring through the bead with his preferred hand using thumb and finger movements only (no wrist or arm movements). Grasp the tip of the shoestring with the non-preferred hand, and guide the bead with thumb and finger movements of the preferred hand along the string. Repeat until all the beads are on the shoestring.
You can expand on this activity by incorporating the shape dice. Have the student roll the dice to select a shape, and then ask them to lace the beads together to form different patterns. Students practice their shapes, while rolling the dice allows them to refine the transverse arches of the hands (see page 21).
This activity will benefit students only if it is done correctly. Watch for students who place the bead over the tip of the string rather than inserting the tip through the bead.
Mary Benbow, Author, Occupational Therapist
• 2 pair of Benbow scissors (1 left-handed and 1 right-handed)
• 4 beanbags • 1 lacing activity
Fine Motor Skills Development Kit including Teacher Guide
Teacher Guide only
• 1 chalkboard with chalk • tweezers • 75 linking cubes • molding clay and roller • plastic castanets
• 50 double-sided foam counters
• 20 plastic chain links • plastic string
**Contents subject to change
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Touch and Trace Cards Grades PreK–3
Great for kinesthetic and tactile learners! Molded grooves help children feel each letter and number. Directional arrows teach correct formation. Features Zaner-Bloser’s simplified alphabet and numerals. Includes 31 cards and Teacher Guide. Manuscript cards measure 8" x 5"; cursive cards measure 10" x 5". Manuscript Cards 978-0-7367-7939-5 Cursive Cards
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Teacher Guide
Activities to Develop Hand Skills
ISBN 978-0-7367-8942-4 P.O. Box 16764
Columbus, Ohio 43216-6764 1-800-421-3018
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