Buttons in the Bank

Materials Needed:

• buttons

• shoe box (cut lid to add vertical and horizontal slits slightly larger than your buttons)

Directions:

• push a button through the slit

• hold the button with thumb and tip of pointer finger

• see how many you can push through in two minutes

Goal

• pincer grasp

• opposition

• open web space

• wrist rotation (if slits are vertical and horizontal)

Modifications:

• to help with strengthening the skilled side of the hand, be sure pinky and ring finger are secure in palm of hand

• working with arm stabilized on table will be easier than having the arm dangling in space

• can use smaller buttons

• stand shoebox on end to work on wrist extension