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    Pencil Grasp Development

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    Children develop different ways of holding crayons and pencils as they grow, progressing through stages as their arm and shoulder muscles mature. Most children will first use a whole-hand grasp, then a fist grasp, and finally an efficient tripod grasp by practicing age-appropriate fine motor activities like scribbling, play-dough, and arts and crafts rather than being given pencils too early. These activities help develop the muscles needed for an efficient pencil grasp.

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    Children develop different ways of holding crayons and pencils as they grow, progressing through stages as their arm and shoulder muscles mature. Most children will first use a whole-hand grasp, then a fist grasp, and finally an efficient tripod grasp by practicing age-appropriate fine motor activities like scribbling, play-dough, and arts and crafts rather than being given pencils too early. These activities help develop the muscles needed for an efficient pencil grasp.

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    Children develop different ways of holding crayons and pencils as they grow, progressing through stages as their arm and shoulder muscles mature. Most children will first use a whole-hand grasp, then a fist grasp, and finally an efficient tripod grasp by practicing age-appropriate fine motor activities like scribbling, play-dough, and arts and crafts rather than being given pencils too early. These activities help develop the muscles needed for an efficient pencil grasp.

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    Pencil Grasp Development

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    Children develop different ways of holding crayons and pencils as they grow, progressing through stages as their arm and shoulder muscles mature. Most children will first use a whole-hand grasp, then a fist grasp, and finally an efficient tripod grasp by practicing age-appropriate fine motor activities like scribbling, play-dough, and arts and crafts rather than being given pencils too early. These activities help develop the muscles needed for an efficient pencil grasp.

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    What is Pencil Grasp Development?

    As your child grows, they will naturally hold their crayons and pencils in different ways. The way in which
    your child holds their crayon/pencil depends on how ‘ready’ their shoulder and arm muscles are. It is
    important for children to go through stages of pencil grasp. Most children will develop an efficient pencil
    grasp by using and mastering the following grasps:

    These grasps are common in pencil grasp and fine motor development. Putting pencils into little hands
    before they are ready may lead to immature and inefficient pencil grasps. Instead, engage your child in age-
    appropriate activities to help develop the upper body, shoulder, arm and wrist muscles. Activities such as
    jumping, crawling, scribbling on vertical blackboards, shovelling sand with a spade, playing with play-dough
    and doing arts and crafts are all great motor activities to lay the foundations for a good pencil grasp.

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