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Pencil grips - an Amazon minefield!

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goldpendant · 20/09/2022 17:36

I’d like to help my hyper mobile DD correct her pincer grip for handwriting. School have given her a standard three sided rubber thing for the end of the pencil, and I thought I’d get some for home… well, Amazon is awash with options and I really have no idea what will be a good option for her.

DD is 7, and seems to struggle with the strength in her index finer, preferring to use he middle finger to grip. Has anyone come across this and have ideas on what would work well?

TIA

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Mummysharkargggggggg · 20/09/2022 20:40

My daughter has been trying a pencil positioning strap this week on an occupational therapist recommendation.
It's going ok but has a toy attached to encourage the proper grip and she's fiddling with it so I'm going to cut the toy off 🤣
You can find them on eBay

goldpendant · 20/09/2022 21:48

They look interesting too but I think DD would most definitely faff about too much with it! She’s a dreadful fiddler!

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