Sensory Stuff

Sensory Stuff is committed to enhancing the sensory development of babies, children and adults. Appropriate sensory integration it vital in order for individual to experience life fully and to deal effectively with the world.

Our products are designed to maximize human potential by offering appropriate sensory strategies and solutions.

Well developed fine motor coordination is necessary for the development of correct pencil grip, pencil control and handwriting skills.

Strengthening of the thumb, index and middle fingers, is necessary for the development of an appropriate pencil grip. We call these three fingers our “Pinchy Fingers”.

Correct pencil grasp involves holding the pencil between the pads of the thumb and index finger, with the middle finger supporting the pencil from underneath. The web space between the thumb and index finger should remain loosely open.

Avoid letting the child grasp so tightly that this web space becomes closed. An open thumb web space will allow for flexible movement of the thumb joint, and the first joint of the index finger.

Also look out for the child who curls his thumb right around and over the pencil. This crossing over of the thumb onto the index finger provides some stability but no flexibility.

As the child makes small circular pencil movements or small movements back and forth with the pencil, he should bend and straighten the joints of the index finger and thumb as he moves the pencil back and forth.

Assisting a Child to Cut with training Scissors
Most children learn to cut fairly easily by simply being offered a pair of scissors to try for themselves. After a few attempts with a certain amount of tiral and error, they will begin to develop some control over the scissors and their snip snipping attempts will develop into more coordinated cutting strokes. For some children, it is just not that easy.   We have found this approach to be helpful in assisting such chidlren........