Years 3-4

Bimanual Skills

  • Hand preference observed in most manual activities30, 105

  • Two-hand tool use is greater46

  • Cooperation of two hands for activities such as stringing beads46

  • Strings 2 – 4 beads onto lace9

Figure 3/4.6.1

Cooperation of two hands for activities, unwrapping candy

Figure 3/4.6.2

Cooperation of two hands to string 2-4 beads

Figure 3/4.6.3

Uses one hand to stabilize and the other to manipulate when assembling Lego figures