Weighted Pencils
Setting:
classroom or at home
Materials:
Pencils
2 Elastic Bands
Hex Nuts
Paper
Instructions:
Wrap the rubber band around the pencil to
ensure that the hex nuts will not fall off the opposite end of the pencil.
Place hex nuts on the pencil until
desired weight is reached.
Wrap another rubber band on the opposite
side of the pencil at the end of the hex nuts.
Either using the pencil for free form
doodling or for doing homework.
Purpose: This activity is useful for "individuals
who don’t press hard enough when writing or for people who need to increase
awareness of their hand" (SOURCE). The weights emphasize strengthening hand muscles are
needed in order to complete ADL’s that are needed in order to dress one self and in handwriting.
It also would improve the individual’s handwriting legibility and improvement in their tripod pinch
needed to hold a pencil.
Brayton, Abby. (January 23, 2013). Making and Using Weighted
Pencils. Pedia Staff.
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