Pencil Grip Using Rubber Bands

Use this quick and easy rubber band idea to make pencil grips for young children to hold grip pencils and other writing tools.
Pencil grip using rubber bands. Many teachers occupational therapists and educational specialists often recommend use of a pencil grip to help a child stabilize their pencil and improve ha. There is a commercial version available or you may make your own with ponytail holders. This is a guide and will not fix a pencil grasp. You can look it up online for a tutorial.
The loom allows you to weave colored rubber bands into bracelets. But the parenting channel on youtube explains how to use the loom to weave soft bright homemade diy grips for pens and pencils. The rubber bands helpsmall hands told hold the pencil. It will also provide proprioceptive feedback.
To start simply wrap the rubber band around the pencil. Pencil pointing straight up in the air try two rubber bands looped together. All of these skills require the grip of a pencil which is a common obstacle for many children. Luckily with the use of a rubber band this hurdle does not have to delay the learning process of these skills.
It is a way to adapt the pencil using a the pencil grip that has been cut in half to promote a proper grasp with appropriate joint positioning. How to make a grip for your hook pencil or other tool using any size loom and rubber bands. The colored rubber bands can be used to for students to identify. I sometimes think of this protocol as the un grip because the child actively grasps around the grip to the rubber band instead of using the grip to.
Rubber band pencil grip identifier. From there twist the rubber band and form a hole. How to make a pencil grip with rubber bands this is a very easy craft. Makes your hook new again.
Children may still use a lateral grasp whilst the elastic bands are attached. How to make a pencil grip with rubber bands this is a very easy craft and you only need loom bands pencils and your hook. Keep initial use of the elastic bands to short durations.