Cotton Balls and Clothespins

Materials Needed:

• clothespins

• cotton balls or small bits of a sponge or small beanbags

• wide mouth container

Directions:

• long sit on floor

• place container on one side of your body

• place the cotton balls (or sponge bits or beanbags) on the other side of body

• use a clothespin to pick up a cotton ball and place it in the container

Goal:

• separation of the two sides of the hand

• pincer grasp

• opposition

• open web space

• crossing midline

Modifications:

• be sue the student is trunig the upper body, without moving the lower body or just leaning from side to side, to ensure they are crossing midline

• increase or decrease difficulty by the placement of the container/objects