Recently I noticed that Darah’s coloring and drawing is starting to look much more controlled than it used to. When she is “writing words like Mommy” her grip on the pen is very close to accurate, and she is drawing shorter, more carefully placed lines and curves. It has been very exciting to watch, but it took me a little while to figure out what has caused this progression.
But then I remembered: tonging! At Darah’s school, several of the lessons involve the use of small tongs to pick up objects and move them from one area to another. At first glance, this may not seem like a very interesting or useful exercise (at least that’s what I thought), but I have since learned that this particular type of lesson helps with the following:
- hand-eye coordination
- developing the pincer grasp
- overall strengthening of the hand muscles, which also helps prepare a child for writing
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The Pretend & Play! Healthy Foods Snack Set looks very nice!
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I’d like Food Pyramid Pocket Chart with Cards
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Race Around the Clock™ Elapsed Time Game
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pizza mania math game
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The New Sprouts™ Fix it! My very own tool set looks cute.
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I like the Sum Swamp addition and subtraction game for my daughter.
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Magnetic Time Activity Set
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Farmer’s Market Color Sorting Set is neat.
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Pretend & Play Picnic Play Food Basket Set
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Magnetic Time Activity Set
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the jumbo safari counters are neat!
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Cash Bash® Electronic Flash Card™
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I love the Magnetic Time Activity Set.
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I would also love the Teaching Cash Register.
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I like the fun Pretend & Play Picnic Play Food Basket Set
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I’d like to have the Healthy Helpings My Plate Game!
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My kids would really like the Primary Science Magnet Set.
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Pretend & Play! Healthy Foods Snack Set
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Gears! Gears! Gears!® Old McGear’s Farm
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Super Sorting Pie
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science mix & measure set
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The Luna Document camer for my class!
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I would like to have the Crocodile Hop Floor Game.
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I like the Smart Snacks Rainbow Colored Cones. Cute!
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Word Whiz Electronic Flash Card™
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Smart snacks counting cookies
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Love the Color Mixing Glasses
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Attribute Apples!
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I like the Smart Splash® Memory Match Clams game they have!
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I also like the Smart Snacks® Count ’em Up Popcorn
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Smart snacks counting cookies!
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Husband is an optometrist, so the kids would think these Color Mixing Glasses were really fun!
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ELIZABETH says
TOO MANY TO MENTION !