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How Multisensory Activities Enhance Reading Skills Reading lessons can involve more than just our eyes and ears. Here’s how you can promote reading skills using all five senses.

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17 Fun Sensory Activities! 😍
https://www.funsensoryplay.com/easy-sensory-activities/

Lots of ideas and most are super easy and simple to make 🙌🏻

Did you know that finger-to-thumb opposition has a developmental progression leading to pincer grasp, tripod grasp, graded grasp/release, and other precision skills?

Newborn: Reflexive Grasp (Palmar reflex)- Newborns (up to 3 months of age) will reflexively hold whatever is placed in their hands. This reflex lays the foundation for a purposeful grasp in the baby’s life! No thumb opposition yet. ⛔

4-6 Months: Purposeful Palmar Grasp-Little ones this age are just starting to figure out how to reach for a desired object and grab a hold of it. They tend to hold the object between the palm and fingers, which is why this is called a “palmar” grasp.
The thumb may begin to move towards the palm, but is usually unused in the grasp, placed away from the hand, as in a “thumbs up”. 👍

6-8 Months: Radial Palmar Grasp- The thumb is secured along the side of the palm or the side of the index finger while the fingers hold the object in the palm. This demonstrates increased strength and precision of movement. Here we can see the beginning of oppositional skill, but we aren’t quite there yet. ✋

8-10 Months: Radial Digital Grasp- Notice how we went from “palmar” to “digital”? In other words, the thumb went from touching the “palm” to touching the “fingers”! Ladies and gentlemen, thumb-to-finger opposition has officially begun! 🤏

10-12 Months: Immature and Mature Pincer Grasp- First, the immature pincer grasp will develop. This is the grasp when a baby will hold a cheerio (or another small item) between the thumb and the side of the index finger. Later on, the mature pincer grasp develops which means that the thumb can oppose to the index finger! This is also known as a “tip” pinch, where the tip of thumb and the finger tip are together, much like the “okay” signal. 👌

Over the next several months and years, the developing toddler will hone their fine motor skills to be able to oppose their thumb to each finger and coordinate their movements to complete tasks. 👶

In most cases, the development of thumb to finger opposition is considered “complete” around age five: a functional pencil grasp, stringing beads, zip/unzip, button/unbutton, and various in-hand manipulation skills. ✏️👚👖🧵

Such a clever way to use bottle caps while working on letter recognition! 😍 A nice addition to the construction theme!

https://happytotshelf.com/20-hands-on-learning-activities-with-bottle-caps-and-pouch-lids/

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